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About Jerrice Baptiste
Jerrice Baptiste is a Poetess, Educator, Founder, and Facilitator of Authentic Poetry workshops in the Hudson Valley, NY, helping others to use poetry writing for positive self-expression and empowerment. For the past six years, Jerrice has created and offered her series of healing poetry workshops to teens, men and women in hospitals, several of the Hudson Valley's library programs, bookstores, healing centers, schools, and substance-abuse recovery programs.
Jerrice attended Hunter College in New York, where she earned a Bachelors degree in Psychology, and a Masters degree in Special Education. Jerrice has also been teaching children with disabilities for the past ten years. She has studied Poetry Therapy at The Institute For The Arts in Psychotherapy, in NY.
As hostess and producer of Women of Note, a specialty radio show on WKZE, 98.1 FM, in Red Hook, NY, Jerrice features the music of female artists from all over the world. Her unique show also includes the Authentic Poetry Moment, conceived and produced by Jerrice, which features several segments of creative poems written by female poets. Visit Jerrice and listen to her show online every Sunday from 5-7 PM on www.wkze.com.
Writing poetry has been her passion since childhood. Jerrice's poetry and articles have been published in African Voices, Human Journey Magazine, Visions, and several online poetry publications such as Events Quarterly and Nubian Poets. Jerrice has been a first-prize winner in poetry competitions for Nubian Poets. She has also been the featured poet at many events in the Hudson Valley, and has organized and hosted poetry readings in NY. |
