BAM Speakers and Artists Bureau
Bruce George, co-producer
of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and founder of the Genius Project
Donald Lacy, actor, playwright, director, comedian, DJ on
KPOO Radio, San Francisco
Kujichagulia, poet, musician, dancer, ethno-musicologist
Sonia Sanchez, BAM co-founder, poet, playwright, professor
emeritus Temple University
Marvin X, BAM co-founder, poet, playwright, essayist, director, producer,
planner, educator, publisher
Prosperity Carter, poet, motivational speaker, author of the forthcoming
collection of essays How to Get Off The Shelf Collecting Dust
Theo Williams, leader, Samba Funk Band
Askia Toure, poet, scholar, BAM co-founder
Felipe Luciano, Original Last Poets, educator, activist
Dr. Nathan Hare, sociologist, clinical psychologist, father of
Black and Ethnic Studies, founder of Black Scholar Magazine,
first chair of Black Studies at San Francisco State University
The Last Poets, co-founders of BAM, father's of rap poetry
Aries Jordan, poet, educator, BAM baby,associate editor of The Movement
Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, poet, playwright, director, producer, actress, BAMBD planner
founder of Lower Bottom Playaz, Oakland
Ras Baraka, poet, educator, Mayorof Newark, New Jersey
Elaine Brown, former chair of the Black Panther Party, activist
Walter Riley, Civil Rights lawyer
Amina Baraka, poet, activist
Davey D, DJ, KPFA Radio, lecturer, San Francisco State University
Tarika Lewis, violinist, first female member of the Black Panther Party
Destiny Muhammad, harpist of the hood
Cornel West, author, professor, public intellectual, activist
George Walker, Creative Director, The Brothers' Network
David Murray, musician
Danny Glover, BAM co-founder, film actor, activist
Angela Davis, professor, author, activist