Shanelle Gabriel
Schomburg Book Fair (Moderating)
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Blvd
New York, NY 10037
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Moderating panels with some amazing authors at the Schomburg Center for Research and Black Culture’s Annual Book Fair.
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Shanelle Gabriel Biography
Shanelle Gabriel is a poet, singer, and educator from Brooklyn, NY who has toured internationally. Widely known for featuring on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, she has shared the stage with artists such as Jill Scott, Nas, Nikki Giovanni, Dave Chappelle, and more. She featured in a worldwide campaign with Pandora Music in honor of Black Music Month, performed at the Martin Luther King Memorial, curated poems for Fast Company Magazine, and was listed as one of Blavity.com's "Artist Activists You Should Know" and one of "8 Millennial Feminist Poets That Deserve Recognition" by BET.com. Shanelle is also a health activist who has spoken alongside the President of the National Institute of Health and featured on the Lifetime Network about her continued battle with lupus. With over 15 years of work as an educator, school administrator and non-profit specialist, Shanelle facilitates workshops on anti-racist, culturally responsive practices, and healing arts practices, utilizing poetry and hip-hop as mediums for these conversations. Presently, she is working on her third album while serving as the Interim Executive Director at Urban Word NYC which curates poetry & hip hop programming for youth across the country.
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