Strength Courage & Wisdom 2025

Join us for an exciting presentation of spoken word, storytelling, and dance to celebrate Women's History Month! Strength Courage and Wisdom 2025 will feature a fantastic lineup of artists and great vibes.

This year's theme is Wisdom. Spiritually, for many, wisdom is personified as a woman. Additionally, the lyrics of a song that was coined as a feminist Anthem in 1972, Helen Reddy's I Am Woman: "I am wisdom born of pain" celebrates the triumphs that women have experienced in spite of unfavorable social, political and personal conditions. Pain can be struggles, challenges, physical, mental, or emotional but the lesson, the wisdom from that pain is our focus. The interpretation of pain is left up to the artist.

Poets/Storytellers:

Returning

Renee Joshua-Porter

Carolyn "Candy" Johnson

Cheryl "Mama Phife" Boyce Taylor

Tracey Irvin

Newly added

Jasmine "JRose" Rosario

(and dancer) Jaria Morris

Host or Publisher Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL)