Hip-hop musician Talib Kweli will visit Cleveland next month to discuss how hip-hop and lyrics can be used as a tool for emotional well-being and community health.
Kweli will be in conversation with moderator Shanelle Smith Whigham on Tuesday, October 18th at 5:30p at Morning Star Baptist Church, 10250 Shaker Blvd. [44104]. Smith Whigham is a senior vice president of KeyBank and director of community relations and corporate initiatives.
The community forum is being co-sponsored by The Saint Luke’s Foundation and The City Club of Cleveland.
“We are thrilled that Talib Kweli, a celebrated musician, gifted lyricist, and community activist, will visit our neighborhood and talk about how music has helped him emotionally,” said Timothy Tramble Sr., CEO and President of the Foundation in a release announcing the event.
Kweli’s memoir, Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story, details his experiences on the power of elevating black voices. The Brooklyn NY native was raised in a middle-class family and graduated from New York University. His Wikipedia page reports that his mother is an English professor, his father a college administrator, and his brother a graduate of Harvard University, Yale Law, and a former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
The forum, entitled Vibrate Higher: Using Creativity to Emotionally Heal and Inspire Social Change, will start at 5:30p. Doors will open at 4:30 PM for light refreshments. Reserve your tickets for free at the City Club's website.
The event is part of the 25th anniversary of the Saint Luke’s Foundation, established in 1997 with the charitable assets of Saint Luke’s Medical Center. SLF’s mission is to achieve health equity by addressing social determinants of health for people in neighborhoods surrounding Saint Luke’s and throughout Cuyahoga County. The Foundation has awarded over $160 million in grants since its founding.
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