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In celebration of #BlackPoetryDay we say ase Thank you to Uplifter Video and Brandon Williamson for this incredible collaboration.

Join the Our City Buffalo Coalition for a special screening tonight! There will be talk back following the screening which will occur over zoom. Whose city? OUR City! https://pushbuffalo.zoom.us/j/93373188968

It was an honor to have the opportunity to connect with Jason and Mark at Uplifter Video to create this very special piece. Check out the trailer to our full video coming out tomorrow in honor of #BlackPoetryDay featuring poet, Ujima Company Member, and founder of Pure Ink Poetry, Brandon Williamson. We are who we are because of the talent, dedication, beauty, and love of those around us. We will continue to lift up the voices of our artists of color and we thank you all for doing the same.

Check out or feature in the Buffalo News today with news of what’s to come for Ujima in the near future! #TeamUjima

Vote. Period. Vonetta T. Rhodes, Ujima Company Member, finishes off our voter registration campaign this year and my people does she bring it or what! Today is the final day for voter registration in NYS. Make sure to register. Make sure to check your registration. Make sure to vote! PERIOD. Online Voter Registration... bit.ly/ujimagotvonline See more

"Let your vote be so precious to you like a boat on unsteady waters" Kimberly Arrington plays a special role as Alumni Coordinator for Ujima Company. She is our bridge between our rich history and our ever evolving present. Kimberly is a poet, an artistic scholar, and she finds truth in the words we sometimes can't find. Where will you sail your boat this election season? Whever it lands make sure it gets out on those waters. There are only 2 days left to register! Make sure... to get the folks around you regeristerd if you have already! It's not too late! Use the links below to register in whatever way is easiest for you: -------------------------------------- Online Voter Registration bit.ly/ujimagotvonline County and State Board of Election locations for in-person registering: bit.ly/ujimagotvboard Request for a mailed voter registration form: bit.ly/ujimagotvmail

"Our ancestors fought for the right to vote and now as much as ever its time to exert that right" Shanntina Moore, Ujima Company Board President and Ujima Theatre Company Member, recognizes the power that we have to enact change, as a voter, do you? Join us in exerting the right that so many before us have fought for! It's the least we can do to honor their fight. Hurry! There are only 3 days left to register! Use the links below to register in whatever way is easiest for yo...u: -------------------------------------- Online Voter Registration bit.ly/ujimagotvonline County and State Board of Election locations for in-person registering: bit.ly/ujimagotvboard Request for a mailed voter registration form: bit.ly/ujimagotvmail

"How ridiculous it is that you have to be prodded to vote!" Karen Saxon, Ujima Company Music Director and Ujima Theatre Company Member, does not play games when it comes to your rights and you shouldn't either! Now is your chance to channel all of your energy into action. This is the final week for voter registration in our state! There are 4 days left to register. Use the links below to register in whatever way is easiest for you: ... -------------------------------------- Online Voter Registration bit.ly/ujimagotvonline County and State Board of Election locations for in-person registering: bit.ly/ujimagotvboard Request for a mailed voter registration form: bit.ly/ujimagotvmail

Great news for a Monday! Ujima Theatre Company is proud to be named Buffalo Spree Magazine's Best of Buffalo 2020 winner for the Best Production of a Contemporary Show with our incredible production of Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Lorna C. Hill. Special congrats are in order for Shanntina Moore who was also named the winner for the Best Female Actor in a Play! We are greatly honored and look forward to continuing our high caliber of programs that not just ente...rtains but seeks to effect change in the minds and actions of our community. Cast: Shanntina Moore Phil Davis Sr. Jerai Khadim Samantha F. Cruz Johnny Rowe Mary Moebius

"It's time to dismantle these systems of oppression and it's time for us to be heard" Naila Ansari, Ujima Company Dance Director and Ujima Theatre Company Member, embodies black joy and black power. Follow her lead and get not only yourself registered but the people in your lives registered too. Students, parents, siblings, friends, we all have the responsibility to exercise our rights as citizens. This is the final week for voter registration in our state! Get to it! There ...are 5 days left to register! Use the links below to register in whatever way is easiest for you: -------------------------------------- Online Voter Registration bit.ly/ujimagotvonline County and State Board of Election locations for in-person registering: bit.ly/ujimagotvboard Request for a mailed voter registration form: bit.ly/ujimagotvmail

Tonight we're hosting another round of Justice Convos with our friends over at PUSH Buffalo and Public Accountability Initiative in preparation for the final set of public hearings regarding the National Grid rate hike proposal. If you missed us last time join us this evening!

"We have the responsibility to take care of our communities, to look out for our elders, our children" Wise words from one of our founding members, Sarah Norat Phillips, on this Sunday. You too can be a part of the change you want to see in our communities. Start by registering to vote and making sure your voice is heard! There are 6 days left to register! Use the links below to register in whatever way is easiest for you: ... -------------------------------------- Online Voter Registration bit.ly/ujimagotvonline County and State Board of Election locations for in-person registering: bit.ly/ujimagotvboard Request for a mailed voter registration form: bit.ly/ujimagotvmail

Mother Nature continues to have other plans for our powerful poets of In Her Own Words. Unfortunately we will not be hosting our final show of SPOKEN at Silo City today BUT we are working with our poets to come up with another way to present this show. It will be beautiful. Stay tuned!

"Find beauty in the pain and call it resistance" Brandon Williamson, poet extraordinaire and Ujima Theater Company Member, brings us a timely piece he created and the reminder to get yourself registered to vote! There are 7 days left to do so! --------------------------------------... Online Voter Registration bit.ly/ujimagotvonline County and State Board of Election locations for in-person registering: bit.ly/ujimagotvboard Request for a mailed voter registration form: bit.ly/ujimagotvmail