Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal is an award winning poet - recipient of the Maria Mazziotti Gillan Literary Service Award 2021 from Newark, NJ. She has a unique talent for telling stories through poetry and Visual Arts. Ameerah is the founder/facilitator of - “When Women Speak” and “When People Speak” - poetry platforms for creative voices, support and empowerment. She is the Author/Illustrator of “Breathing Through Concrete'', a poetry anthology. Her works are featured in publications: “Every Kinda Lady and Her Sister Pages” ,“Philadelphia Says:Black Lives Matter”, “Womb of the Violet II”, “American Muslim Journal”, “Soup Can” Magazine Issue 2, Online published : “Life in Qurantine - Global Pandemic” http://liqproject.org/ameerah-shabazz/.
She has to her credit the inspiring and publishing of over 300 student authors/illustrators and as a teacher, the facilitation of many student performances. Ameerah has performed on platforms such as: When Women Speak, The Lincoln Park Poetry Festival, NBPAC, The Newark Arts Festival, The Hartford Literary Festival and The Paterson Poetry Festival. She was a board member for Keys 2 Success - an organization cultivating students in the area of classical music. She is a photographer with work in multiple galleries and exhibits throughout New Jersey. She has shared her work on stages such as The Lincoln Park Music festival, NBPAC, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Newark Arts Festival and multiple other creative venues. Her mantra is: “Poetry isn’t poetry unless it’s Spoken...Word”. — feeling inspired.
