20th Annual Allied Media Conference

Hasna Ghalib is a poet, activist and peer-to-peer educator. She currently attends Pioneer High School and is a member of their Black Student Union. Hasna was born in Baghdad, Iraq and moved to the United States as a refugee in 2008. She is one of the most outspoken and committed youth leaders at the Neutral Zone, working to address racism, Islamophobia, xenophobia and rape culture through her participation in S.A.R.E. (Safe sex And Rape culture Education,) S.E.E.D. (Students Educating Each other about Diversity) and the VOLUME Youth Poetry Project. Her poetic debut was this year’s Poetry Night in Ann Arbor production. She made the 2018 Louder Than A Bomb Ann Arbor slam team and will be traveling to Detroit in May to compete with teens from all over the region. She will also be opening for world-renowned poet Mojha Khaf at Rackham on March 23rd, and looks forward to releasing her first book. Hasna’s work is reflective of her experience as an Arab woman and American citizen, and a refugee. Hasna’s hobbies incl, Neutral Zone

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Ebere works at the Neutral Zone as an adviser for the Drop-in after school program and S.E.E.D. program, serves as a coach for the Neutral Zone Youth Driven Spaces (YDS) team, and facilitates training in restorative practice. Since graduating from the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor with a B.S. in Women`s Studies, Ebere offers volunteers doula services to teens and organizations in Washtenaw county and has participated in and facilitated many discussions on reproductive justice, social justice and identity. Through her work, she strives to create inclusive and supportive environments for marginalized youth in the local area., Neutral Zone

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Molly Pershin Raynor is a poet and educator. She has facilitated poetry workshops in prisons, halfway houses, high schools and teen centers, and traveled coast to coast performing spoken word. Molly co-founded RAW Talent (now the RYSE Performing Arts Program) in Richmond, California. Her work is highlighted in the documentary film on Netflix, "Romeo Is Bleeding," which follows her co-founder Donte Clark and their students as they fight to address gun violence through spoken word and theater. Molly just moved back to her hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan, to serve as the Literary Arts Program Manager at the Neutral Zone Teen Center. Her poetry has been featured on NPR and published in several literary magazines including Vinyl, The Rumpus and Porkbelly Press., Neutral Zone