Speaker: Jillian Hanesworth, Spoken Word Artist, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Buffalo, NY and Community Activist. Student Moderator: TBA

Jillian Hanesworth is a spoken word artist, the Poet Laureate Emeritus of Buffalo, New York, a community activist and the recent recipient of a national sports Emmy award in Dick Schaap Outstanding writing category. Jillian was born and raised on the east side of Buffalo where she developed a vision to use art and advocacy to help her community reimagine justice and work together to create a system where all people can thrive.