Street Cry, in collaboration with artists in Ireland in 2023-2024, raised funds and consciousness for programs dealing with Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Disabilities, Housing Instability, and the Irish Red Cross.
September 21, 2023, a benefit performance for SAOLPROJECT.IE. The World premiere of "Spaldeen Ascensions," at the Seán O'Casey Theatre Festival, in East Wall, Dublin, Ireland. All proceeds of ticket and book sales benefitted SAOL for programs supporting safety against domestic violence. Photo by Neil Goldberg.
SAOL: Seasamhact -- Abaltacht -- Obair -- Leann SAOL is an integrated programme of education, rehabilitation, advocacy and childcare.
The SAOL Project’s on-going commitment to the women, children and community members of the North Inner City, Dublin, Ireland, continues to develop, responding to the changing needs of the women who participate in our project with creativity and commitment.
Front page of "Northside People" paper in Dublin of our BRIGID'S DAY Festival work at MUD ISLAND COMMUNITY GARDEN in North Strand. All proceeds were donated to the Irish Red Cross for humanitarian efforts in Gaza.
17 Dec 2023, organized by singer/songwriter Andy Wilson, Street Cry joined Cork musicians in a benefit performance for Cork Simon which safeguards housing for people without shelter. CORK SIMON "Building on the ancient ideas of love, liberty and mutual support - ideas that form the basis of a good life and a humane society, we have always believed in people, always believed that everyone who calls Cork home should have a home; should have fair access to safe, secure and affordable housing."
Album Launch benefit for Kerry Parents and Friends, at Saint John's Theatre, Listowel, Ireland. County Kerry, September 2023 KPFA provides services for Adults with Learning Disabilities/Additional Needs, in North Kerry, Ireland.
"Spaldeen Ascensions" at Maureen's Cork, a benefit performance for "SAFE GIGS" -- an initiative which makes nightlife safer by creating a zero tolerance environment for sexual violence. Photo by: Audrey Kindred
Annie in rehearsal for the show at Maureen's Cork, a benefit for SAFE GIGS, IRELAND. Photo by Joe Mooney.
SAFE GIGS, Cork is an initiative to make gigs and nightlife safer by creating a zero tolerance environment for sexual violence. We work with musicians, comedians, performers, promoters, crew, staff, venues, security and gig goers to eliminate sexual violence -- an on-going issue in Ireland and is seen as a 'normal' part of our nightlife - ask any woman you know and she'll tell you about a time she was sexually harassed at a bar. Sexual assault and harassment extends beyond gig goers - those who work in nightlife are also subjected to it. A European study in 2018 found that 56% of nightlife participants had experienced some form of sexual violence in a nightlife setting.
Street Cry events in collaboration with City Lore, New York City, 2020 - 2023
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Street Cry events in collaboration with Sarah Lawrence College Department of Theatre & Civic Engagement, New York, 2021, on Zoom
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Street Cry Writing Workshops
Your voice. Your story. The ride of the read. The thumbprint of your voice. Write to heal. Let’s hear it. What do you have to say? How do you want to say it? What story do you most need to tell next? Fa’What?!
To find out about upcoming writing workshops, email: StreetCryIncorporated(at)gmail(dot)com
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Rosa Rachele Award
StreetCry offers a memorial scholarship in transformational mentorship, one-on-one coaching in writing, oratory, performance, and goal achievement strategies. This award honors sparkle through struggle, creative tenacity in healing, and focused work ethic in artistic endeavors; in effect, to mend the earth, our spirits, and each other.
Rosa Rachele Awardee 2021
SHAYLA DEMETRICE COOK, aka MUBI ATAI,
“One must remember the medicine of ancestors, community, and Spirit. We must pay it forward if we wish to be unbound and unshackled.”
Born in Jersey City, NJ ‘Chilltown,’ Shayla D. Cook aka Mubi Atai, is a Creative Intuitive with a B.A. in English, and concentration in Creative Writing from New Jersey City University. A visual artist since age eight, Mubi Atai thrived to transform her multiple traumas and identity as an African-American lesbian, by coloring the world with poems, prose, and acrylic paint. Her keen sense of creativity allows innovative ways to approach social issues with safety to establish communal and planetary healing. The artist has several years of experience working with youth to raise awareness of health and wellness, self-advocacy, academia, leadership, and professionalism. A s a proud PEP/NJCU Alum, Mubi Atai believes, “One must remember the medicine of ancestors, community, and Spirit. We must pay it forward if we wish to be unbound and unshackled.”