KdentsTV’s P.O.C. (people of creativity)
P.O.C. artwork by Sonae White.
P.O.C.—Educating and Engaging our community.
In today’s political climate, P.O.C.'s mission is to merge art and activism, giving a voice to minority artists while inspiring voices of the youth to speak out. We aim to answer questions like: “What is going on in the world and how can I use my art to make a difference?”
Episode 1
P.O.C. co-hosts Angelina, Jonah and Tia interview Yasmeen Jaaber. Yasmeen is a Black, Muslim creative who is deeply committed to achieving freedom from white supremacy for herself and for all people. Through her podcast and work with local Richmond organizations, Yasmeen seeks to not only articulate and vocalize personal thoughts, but alleviate and dismantle the side effects of white supremacy and oppression.
Episode 2
Join Angelina, Tia and Jonah for their in-depth interview with Aaron Tyler. Aaron, a freshman theatre major at Norfolk State University, is honored to be a part of this amazing initiative. As an actor and playwright, Aaron focuses on showcasing Black stories throughout his work, as well as exploring the intersectionalities within the Black experience. His most recent one-act play, Boys Like Us was selected to be a part of SPARC’s 2020 New Voices for The Theater Festival. His goal is to help humanize Black people in a world where their lives have been deemed disposable.
Episode 3
Next up on P.O.C.--the college student episode! Join Angelina, Jonah and Tia as they conduct in-depth interviews with artists Anaya, Lydia and Sean.
Ayana Williams is a Junior at Carnegie Mellon University pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama. Ayana is a Drama Diversity Ambassador at Carnegie Mellon, where she does outreach to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) prospective students. A Richmond Virginia native, Ayana has been a part of many theatre companies such as SPARC and Virginia Repertory Theatre.
Lydia Ross started dancing in an outreach program called Minds In Motion in 2009, which led her to her passion and career choice of becoming a professional ballerina. She is currently a Junior at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) as a Psychology major, previously a dance major in the VCUarts dance and choreography program. Her journey still continues being a Trainee with the Richmond Ballet and will continue forever with her love and passion for dance.
Sean Keonté is an interdisciplinary artist with the 2021 Graduating Class of VCU’s Graphic Design program. They are from the greater DMV area, and as a genderqueer individual use he/they/she pronouns. Their work focuses on synthesizing poetry and symbolism in an effort to build a language for themselves rooted in the intersection of their queerness and blackness. You can find their work at instragram.com/seankeonte, where they try to update it with recent projects.
Episode 4
EASHA is a 19 year old New Jersey based pop artist. She was a finalist at the World Cafe Live Yearly Showcase in Philadelphia, performs at local festivals, and is set to perform an early show at the Bluebird Cafe. In Nashville, she regularly co-writes and works with Grammy winning songwriter Liz Rose (who writes songs for Taylor Swift, Little Big Town etc).
Her original work has been featured on The Atlantic, Yahoo!, Music Inc. Magazine, the Trentonian, etc. Ultimately, giving back is as important as recognition to Easha. In her school orchestra, she composed music and lyrics for two UNICEF tributes (“A Better Day” and “Waves”) that she performed on an international charity tour. The songs were so well-received that the CEO of UNICEF herself praised the “skill” and “passion exhibited.” Finally, EASHA is the Grand Prize winner of the National Lionsgate Cover Competition.
EASHA’s music is like if Norah Jones married John Mayer, surprising the audience with an Indian Classical Music background. Her unique style has garnered her over 30,000 TikTok followers in a month, continuing to grow. Outside of her singing/songwriting, EASHA enjoys triathlons and business --- she placed 11th in the world at the 2019 World Championships of Triathlon in Switzerland and attends Stanford University.
Episode 5
Check out POC's pre-New Year's Celebration Video!
Episode 6
Next up on P.O.C. (people of creativity).... Join Tia, Jonah, and Angelina as they express their views on the Netflix hit, "Bridgerton." Together they discuss issues like colorism, race-baiting, and adequate representation.
Episode 7
Marilyn Pham is a singer-songwriter and is an uprising senior at Appomattox Regional Governor's School. She is passionate about her music and puts her all into displaying her emotions and feelings through her craft. Find her music on Spotify.
Episode 10
Brittany is a writer from Richmond, VA, and currently playwright in Juilliard’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program. She is most passionate about telling stories that shed light on difficult topics and that can act as tools for healing.