SWAAM Spoken Word Art & Music

Welcome to The New renaissance and another edition of SWAAM Spoken Word Art & Music. Open Mic, Live band, Wine Bar, VIP Tables and another Incredible feature artist for your listening pleasure. "Thea Monyee" will be in the building! Thea Monyee´ is an experienced marriage and family therapist who creates transformational spaces & opportunities for change and joy. She is known as a well-being decolonizer and Oya priestess in the Ifa tradition, committed to creating opportunities to expand and exhale, with a primary focus on Black/Marginalized bodies.
In addition to appearances on HBO, OWN, FOX SOUL, and THE RED TABLE TALK, she is the host of Shaping The Shift Podcast, founder of MarleyAyo, and The Blacker The Brain: A Mental Health Decolonizing Campaign, Conversation, & Cohort, co-host of Dem Black Mamas Podcast, and co-creator of The Free Joy Experience. She is a widely recognized poet and the author of Murmurs Of A MadWoman, Blood & Bajareque, and her most recent work, To Be (Black), Wild & Loved. She has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, NPR, and KTLA discussing COVID-19, race, joy-centered healing, and mental health. Thea is a natural traveler and actively curates spaces for Black and Brown people to thrive throughout the diaspora. This passion has led her to her most recent offering, Hold Us Sacred Retreats, curated immersive and intentional healing experiences abroad. Show starts promptly at 8pm, early arrival suggested.