• RECLAMATION.

     

  • WHO IS C. ALEXANDRIA-BERNARD THOMAS?

    A Queer Black Non-Binary, award-winning poet, teaching artist, an advocate for Child Abuse Prevention, the LGBTQIA community, and Mental Health Awareness.
     
    Named a pioneer of poetry by the National Underground Spoken Word Poetry Award (NUSPA) in 2015, C. has the dynamic skill set of a performer AND host. They have mesmerized audiences at Angelina College, Howard University, Prince George’s Community College, Thomas Jefferson University, Busboys and Poets (as a featured poet and host), Studio 2001 Art Gallery, The Athenaeum, and the Torpedo Art Factory, just to name a few.
     
    They have partnered with the Northern Virginia Association of Fine Arts (NVAFA), Carlyle House Historic Park producing annual events highlighting African American excellence and leads their popular discussion-based writer’s workshop, Writing to Wellness™, that uses poetry as a tool for healing when navigating childhood trauma with Creative Suitland Arts Center and Heard.

    Their work as a community organizer has afforded them opportunities to educate adults on how to respond and react to Child Sexual Abuse through Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children® and becoming a board member for Touch Me I’m Tellin (TMIT). In addition, they have received honorable mentions from World Childhood Foundation USA, Buddy Speaks, End the Harvest Ministries, publications by The Zebra, and more.
     
    C. is a true force of nature and a necessary voice for uplifting the community and inspiring hope. Witnessing them perform, teaching in the classroom, or speaking is experiencing love in action.
     
    Non-binary, ladies, and gentlemen, C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas!
  • "C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas’ work in the world as an artist, facilitator, speaker, and organizer are necessary acts of love and resistance. Their fearless and unwavering poems and performances offer salve for the pain of dehumanizing discrimination and harm. Their poems – like their artistic endeavors -- are a celebration of reclaimed power."
     
    - Camisha Jones, Split This Rock Managing Director
    “C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas is a multi-talented teacher, performer, poet, and friend. When they perform, their words fill the room, echoing long after they've left the stage. When teaching, they light a fire in the bellies of their students, allowing space for student's talent and ideas. They are savage, unapologetic, and
    vulnerable.”
     
    -Kristen Zory King, Writer and Founder of MoonLit
    “C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas is a phenomenal teaching artist, poet and host. We have been honored to co-present their virtual writing workshop, Writing to Wellness™, with them at Creative Suitland Arts Center. This program was sponsored by Eventbrite during their "DO WELL" Wellness Week in September 2020. The sponsorship is a testament to their transformational leadership and their ability to create a safe space for creatives. C. Alexandria-Bernard Thomas is fearless, unapologetic and brings the best out of everyone.”
     
    -Malachi, Creative Suitland Arts Center Director

  • WORKSHOPS

    WRITING TO WELLNESS™

    𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬™ is a discussion-based workshop designed for writers to use poetry as a tool for healing when navigating childhood trauma.
     
    Participants learn helpful tips via discussion on how to navigate trauma through expressive forms of creative writing, how to advocate for others and how to build a safe space for self-care.

     

    Stewards of Children®

    Darkness to Light's Stewards of Children® is an adult-focused prevention training program that centers on improving the awareness of the prevalence, consequences, and circumstances of child sexual abuse (CSA).
     
    The training aims to educate adults (primarily childcare professionals) to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to CSA.

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