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POET SOULFIGHTER THE BLACK ORPHAN

 

Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor is a Multi Discipline grassroots cultural organizer and artist. He is a Poet/Mc, Dj, with a hobby as Photographer, and Videographer who uses his talents to bring attention to social issues encourage healing and give voice to abused foster children, experienced racism,  police brutality, and injustice of the penal system. Poet Soulfighter co-created the after school poetry/hip hop program P.E,A,C,E with the esteemed Gianna Allentuck for k-5 students at Elias Brookings Elementary school. Poets Soulfighter, uses culture to encourage healing and address social political issues plaguing our communities. for the last 30 years Poet Soulfighter has been developing spaces and platforms to encourage healing through cultural expression and open and respectful dialogue. Under his tutalage Hip Hop Congress and Poetic Recovery is the Has been involved in community and youth cultural work  which includes community building event such as Juneteeth, Black history, and civic engagement events. 
Poet Soulfighter has performed at a host of event which are categorized below. 


EDUCATION:
Associates - Computer Systems Engineering: Springfield Technical Community College
Bachelor – Liberal Studies: Minor Communications, Comp Info Systems, Poli Sci
at a school in Massachusetts.

CULTURAL:
Director of the North East Region of Hip Hop Congress
Founder of Poetic Recovery which has grown into an online  Cultural Exchange: Poetic Reovery started out as an Open Mic and cultural space where different artists connect for cultural exchange and encourage healing to facilitate connecting ,build community, and cultural healing from social political issues, trauma through reading, cultural expressions. Whose mission is to bring consciousness back to Hip Hop culture and encourage community members to use their expression to encourage healing and develop communities. 

Has been involved in community cultural work for the last 30 years. Performing at area colleges and universities I have performed at Harvard University, Indiana University, 2010 Social Forum. I created an after school poetry/hip hop program called P.E,A,C,E for k-5 students at Elias Brookings Elementary school. In 2016 I was elected as a Bernie delegate and attended the DNC.


EDUCATION:
⦁    Associates - Computer Systems Engineering:  Springfield Technical Community College
⦁    Bachelor – Liberal Studies: Westfield State Universities


CULTURAL:

⦁    Director of the East Coast Hip Hop Congress / North East Region Hip Hop Congress

⦁    Founder of Poetic Recovery Cultural Exchange: An Open Mic and cultural space where different artists connect for cultural exchange and encourage healing to facilitate connecting ,build community, and cultural healing from social political issues, trauma through reading, cultural expressions,  


Higher Education
American International College (AIC)
Amherst College
Brown University
Hampshire
Harvard University, 
Indiana University
Springfield College
Uconn
Umass Amherst
Springfield College

 

Special Appearances
Funerals 
2010 Social Forum.
Poor Peoples Economic Human Rights Campaign - United Nations Chapel.
Official Bernie Campaign event.
Wyclef Jean - Concert Umass.
Back to the Basic music video as a Dj - GOKH BI SYSTEM.
and more
VENUES
Art for the Soul Art Gallery
Make - IT - Springfield. 
American International College (AIC)
Official Bernie Campaign event.
and more

DJed
Djed for  numerous voter campaign events 
Voter campaign for Aaron Vega
Victory event for Zaida Govan
Community events for Martin Luther King Family Center.
Holyoke Pride
Springfield Pride
 North East Region of Hip-Hop Congress
Gokh-Bi System back to the basics video 

Events Curated
Curated Community Dj Work shop for youth featuring legendary Dj
Tony Crush, Johnny Rosado AKA Dj Johnny Juice, Tyrone K. Dunmore AKA Terrible T, @Dj Outlaw
Created Community Hip Hop discussion featuring Legendary Hip Hop Pioneer
Rodney Stone AKA Lil Rodney C

 

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