Ham'Diya Mu

Ham’Diya will work with the Human Rights Coalition, a prisoner family and ex-prisoner group working to change the prison system, to host a free all-ages monthly spoken word event, Poems Not Prisons, at the A-Space in West Philadelphia. As a spoken word poet and host of the event, she will create a space where other people can come and share poems about the prison industrial complex and how it effects the lives of young people, poor people, and people of color, as well as sharing her own experiences of having a son and godson in prison.  Working with the HRC, this event provides an artistic way to voice the issues of families separated by incarceration and the negative effect prisons have on our society in general— this event will bring people together to share their ideas, thoughts, organize, and find ways to be the change they want to see.