Evita Colon - Black Girl Magic: A Creative's Journey In The USA

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Evita Colon is an award winning, multi-hyphenate creative entrepreneur and member of the Recording Academy. In 2023, she was installed as Lancaster city's first Poet Laureate. In addition to being a published poet, she is the owner/founder of various creative enterprises such as Speak to My Soul LLC, BLK Voices Magazine, and co-owner of A Concrete Rose, the nation's FIRST Black bookstore, micro-winery and intimate performance space centering the African Diaspora. She is a consultant for creatives seeking to build businesses of their art and created The Soul Tribe under her creative agency, Speak to My Soul LLC, to provide tools, opportunities and resources for Black creatives in their creative entrepreneurial journeys. Via Speak to My Soul LLC, Evita has trained and collaborated with artists to provide youth with empowering workshops that focus on using expression to heal themselves and their communities. She has written, directed and produced 2 theatrical productions and authored a book by the same title of her play, Speak to My Soul: A Montage of Voices. She also executive produced and wrote the Speak to My Soul: A Montage of Voices soundtrack released in 2022. In 2023, she released the Poetic Deluxe Edition of the soundtrack highlighting her poetic excellence and the rich tapestry of the Black experience. Evita is a member of the International Flo Poet’s Collective under the mentorship of Grammy nominated singer/poet, The Floacist of Floetry. As a master of words and musicality, she has song writing credits with musical legends such as Common and DJ Jazzy Jeff and has performed with the likes of Adam Blackstone, Janet Jackson’s band and has opened up for Eric Benet and Marsha Ambrosius of Floetry. In early 2020, she released her debut album, Roses Now, with many poetic Hip Hop Soul singles and features to follow. Her most recent release, Alchemy of the Space Between, a strong contender for the Grammys Best Spoken Word Poetry Album category, is a soulful display of her growth as an artist and woman with 12 of the tracks self-produced by Evita. Her lyricism pays homage to her poetic background while her cadence brings a sexy soulful vibe to every track and performance. Evita's creativity and entrepreneurial prowess have been featured in several brand campaigns such as Sprite Inc, BET's Black Girl's Rock! and a Times Square Billboard and New York Times feature in collaboration with Express Inc. She has also facilitated a DEI and anti-bias workshop and conversation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Of many accolades, Evita has been awarded the NAACP Presidential Social Justice Award, YWCA Woman of Achievement Award, Lancaster Optimist Club Humanitarian Award and Susquehanna Style’s Woman of Strength Feature. She continues to use her creativity as a catalyst for change and the foundation for much needed conversations that push society forward.
Links:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/27pEKIG6OomnHAcH4dG9Dy?si=87lJIvVIRvmuZD_NTrus1Q&nd=1&dlsi=39ae19446df84196
https://www.youtube.com/@UCeb22l9U4F1ZYWPRNIUd18g
https://www.iloveevitacolon.com/

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