Fresh Voices @ Trinity: A Conversation with J Mase III

371 Delaware Avenue,Buffalo NY 14202

19 June, 2021

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J Mase III is a Black/trans/queer poet, educator, and author Fresh Voices @ Trinity presents: Seeking the Sacred in Our Broken World: A Conversation with J Mase III Fresh Voices @ Trinity is a conversation series featuring leading speakers who offer new and provocative perspectives by reflecting on their sources of inspiration.J Mase IIIJ Mase III is a Black/trans/queer poet and educator based in Seattle, by way of Philadelphia. He is the author of "If I Should Die Under the Knife, Tell my Kidney I was the Fiercest Poet Around," as well as "And Then I Got Fired: One Transqueer’s Reflections on Grief, Unemployment, and Inappropriate Jokes about Death." As an educator, J Mase has worked with thousands of community members in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada on the needs of LGBTQIA youth and adults in spaces such as K-12 schools, universities, faith communities, and restricted-care facilities, among others. He is the founder of awQward, the first ever talent agency specific to trans and queer people of color. Currently, he is co-editing The #BlackTransPrayerBook with awQward artist Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi. As a performer, he has shared stages with world-renowned artists like Chuck D and the Indigo Girls. His work and musings have been featured on MSNBC, NBC OUT, Essence Live, Atlanta Black Star, GO Magazine, Believe Out Loud, Everyday Feminism, Black Girl Dangerous, Upworthy, the New York Times, Buzzfeed, the Root, the Huffington Post, and more. Check him out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and of course: www.awQwardtalent.com!