Catherine Labiran EPK
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Catherine Labiran Poet | Author | Activist
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Catherine Labiran is a 19 year old African-American-British Poet who uses her pen as a medium to speak for the silent. Born in Staten Island New York, raised in Harrow, London and now living in Atlanta Georgia, she is able to infuse her diverse cultural experiences into exhilarating bodies of work, enabling them to live lives of their own. A great servant of the sincerity of heart, her poetry is a voice of empowerment— a stream of dire stories stitched together that begin and end in the same sentence, even as the poem continues to live on. Founder of the non-profit XII Talents in England, she is concerned with leaving a legacy that is as alive as any word she has ever spoken, living life one definitive leap at a time.
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Catherine Labiran
Poet | Author | Activist
Catherine Labiran London | England Vocals and Verses:
End of Year Charity Edition
Catherine Labiran is a 19 year old African-American-British Poet who uses her pen as a medium to speak for the silent. Born in Staten Island New York, raised in Harrow, London and now living in Atlanta Georgia, she is able to infuse her diverse cultural experiences into exhilarating bodies of work, enabling them to live lives of their own. A great servant of the sincerity of heart, her poetry is a voice of empowerment— a stream of dire stories stitched together that begin and end in the same sentence, even as the poem continues to live on. Founder of the non-profit XII Talents in England, she is concerned with leaving a legacy that is as alive as any word she has ever spoken, living life one definitive leap at a time.
Europe | North America | Africa
Word N Sound: Youth Poetry & Live
Festival
Olympics: Cultural Olympiad
Bestival
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Harrow Civic Center
Dark Sea Scrolls
Poet Laureate:
Larmer Tree Festival
The Mahogany Room
Farrago
Tongue Fu
Marlee’s
14th Street Playhouse
WonderRoot
University College of London
The Drill Hall
Locations
In 2012 Catherine set up her first non-profit organization named ‘XII’ in which she provided adolescents with free literary workshops and performance opportunities. Her organization advanced through its partnership with Transport for London for their road safety campaign.
Catherine Labiran has taught a series of workshops at Harrow Arts Centre and has hosted events at the location. Her natural ability at penmanship has found welcoming shores in business blogs, and the blogs of respected media outlets such as Virgin Media Pioneers, which focuses on encouraging young entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Eternally setting sail for new worlds in literature, she inspires others by striving to remain the example.
London | England National Poetry Day Live
Royal Festival Hall
A Journey
Shoreditch Festival
Zumbathon
King’s College
The House of Commons
Royal Festival Hall
University of East London
Harrow Civic Center
Poetry Parnassus
Battersea Arts Center
Keat’s House
JawDance
Homecoming Center of
Cape Town
Hip-Hop Versus Villains:
Art Exhibition
Lounge on the Farm Festival
Market Theatre Library
Camden Car Free Day
Locations
Making A
Difference
Catherine Labiran's written works have been studied and discussed at the University level, becoming a centerpiece for academic forum. Her work is also featured in the National Association for the Teaching of English SLAM DVD, which was sent out to every high school in the United Kingdom, her works have circulated through the hearts of other young dreamers.
Johannesburg | South Africa A Brief Respite During the
Word N Sound International Youth Poetry & Live Festival
An activist and defender of humanity, her advocacy for youth
culminated into the founding of the non-profit XII Talents in 2012. Known for creating works that
empower and uplift silent sufferers within society, her soliloquies have soothed souls in locations spanning
three continents. Whether it be instances such as the Women’s
Rights demonstration at Harrow Women’s Centre, or as a voice in
London’s ‘Save The Congo’ Campaign, the appearance of her
words of encouragement in innumerable youth publications,
her actions and words form a synergy that the world most commonly calls ‘the truth’.
Johannesburg | South Africa Soweto TV
Fellow Poets Harry Baker & Vipe
A published author, her premier book of poetry, Ayisat is a work of brilliant clarity of mind, arranged with the haphazardness of 3am in the morning creativity. Published by the United Kingdoms based company, Wordjar, the collection’s name is Arabic for ‘she who lives and is well’.
Performing at a benefit for the young homeless at the 14th Street Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia, Catherine Labiran ascends the role of poet by using her gift, eternally, in service of others.
Catherine Labiran w/ Wole Soyinka
National Poetry and Arts Summit Poetry Parnassus
Videography
By the Hand That Held You
Love
Rhymes Lyrics & Poetry Interview
Live Creative Hustles Feature
She Rose
Her poetry is an ocean, stuck between the shores of storytelling
and distorted actuality, sailing steadfastly toward new worlds.
Catherine Labiran w/ NGTVZRO
Backstage at 14th Street Playhouse
Catherine Labiran Speaking on SABC News
Press Clips
Catherine Labiran
Meets Olympic Long Jumper
Catherine Labiran Helps Pen
Official 2012 Olympic Poem
After Winning National
Lottery Competition
Catherine Labiran Hosts
Workshops at Prestigious
Harrow Arts Centre
Catherine Labiran in Live
Magazine UK
Top 10 Submission on
RapGenius.com
Featured on
StradfordEast.com
ESPN.com Coverage of Olympics 2012: Brasil
Published in the E-Book, ‘Words I Never Said’
Contact:
@CathsLabiran
catherinelabiran.tumblr.com/
Linked In
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