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CULTURAL HEALING 

CULTURAL HEALING will take place on Friday Sept 27th 2024 from 5pm-9pm at ELIAS BROOKINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 433 Walnut St, Springfield,, MA in the cafeteria. The event will feature Internationally known Dj Johnny Juice Rosado, Award winning M.C, farmer Blessing Diviine, and Springfield, Ma beloved award winning mother and educator, Dr Paula Starnes and other notable artists from across New England.  Please click on participants link for bios. CULTURAL HEALING is a family friendly, alcohol and drug free event that bring attendees together to learn about the power of Black culture, the necessity to take back the narrative of our culture to encourage healing. and tools to do that  CULTURAL HEALING is an empowering  event for those with backgrounds of domestics and social traumatizing adversity that seek good messages to aid them in their healing. You are invited to attend one of the different workshops on "the basic of farming", "messages", and "DeeJaying" and why they are important to our health, building community, and connections. It is my hope attendees will leave with a sense of self validation and connected to a force that feeds the mind, spirit, and eventually lead to community healing and economics success.

CULTURAL HEALING is a program of Poetic Recovery founded and created by long time grassroots cultural activist, Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor, who is a former abused foster child. This program highlights some of our super powers we posses as people, those powers are togetherness, listening, and being vulnerability. These powers have been forgotten or denied due to social programming from economic oppression, cultural appropriation, economic exploitatiom which has led to isolation and being disconnected from community and given rise to violence, apathy, addiction, alcoholism, and self destructive behaviors which stunts spiritual growth which leaves many filled with agitation and hopelessness.  Having a basic understanding of our own power and practicing them increases our spirituality and in turn our individual potential which when connected with other individuals with the same understanding increases our capacity to heal and grow healthier communities. The aim of Cultural Healing is to help people begin that journey free of judgement, full of mutual support, and opportunities to get involved in our cultural that encourage civil engagement.

This event will encourage attendees to tap into their inner power and share it with others, thereby;  building communities. When attendees leave the workshops, they will leave with new connections and opportunities to tap into for their own spiritual well and pour into the spiritual well of the whole community via cultural expression. Following CULTURAL HEALING, there will be mini concerts to help raise money for a multimedia studio for the Darryl Lee Jenkins Jr Resource Center to help youth learn audio and video production so they can tell their own stories, control the narrative of their cultural expression to have a positive impact on their communities. Involvement in these events will lead to a sense of accomplishment and a greater sense of self worth. 

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CULTURAL HEALING AT UMASS

On Sat Dec 6th 2025 from 5pm-10pm Poetic Recovery brings Cultural Healing to the Theatre in New Africa house. Cultural Healing is an annual family friendly, alcohol and drug free annual event that features a Keynote speaker, world famous Dj Johnny Juice Rosado of Public Enemy, member of Poetic Recovery, Wu Tang affiliate, and award winning M.C/Farmer “The God Life Giving Emcee”, community artists from the area we are in, speakers, workshops, lifetime achievement awards, and performances.

CULTURAL HEALING celebrates the year long cultural work in communities that encourage healing, recovery. and interpersonal communication to build cultural communities.  This event is a family friendly, alcohol and drug free annual event that will feature a Keynote speaker, UMass's distinguished professor Dr Amilcar Shabazz, Dj Johnny Juice Rosado of Public Enemy, member of Poetic Recovery, Wu Tang affiliate, and award winning M.C/Farmer “The God Life Giving Emcee”, community activist Darlene Elias, Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor and many great artist bios from across New England. There will be speakers, workshops, lifetime achievement awards, and performances. 

This event and other Poetic Recovery programs and tools are a great fit for your students, community members, employees, Undergraduate and graduate students. Participants will leave with a full understanding of the power of culture, access to Poetic Recovery tools that will allow them to use and develop skills relating to humanities such as interpersonal and cross-cultural communication, critical thinking, addressing social justice issues and more. Our tools will allow your students to develop cultural networks to be heard and seen, promote other positive artists, and take on the many challenges facing their communities, the country and the world today due to cultural exploitation and appropriation which has manifested higher violence rates, lack of constructive self reflection, and isolation due to destruction of healthy communities.

There will be 3 workshops offered as part of the Cultural Healing event. 1: poetry/rhyming, 2: music productions, and 3: DeeJaying which are developed to tap into super powers of the attendees such as  listening, vulnerability, and building community. These workshops will allow attendees to learn the power, obtain a  basic understanding, and knowledge of Hip Hop culture. They will also access free tools to begin their cultural journey to take control of the narrative of their culture that will lead to a keen sense of self, self validation, building networks and communities to take on social issues. This feeds the mind and spirit and leads to a spiritual and cultural freedom.  

The following tools were developed by Maurice Taylor, founder  of Poetic Recovery Inc. The tool will allow the attendees to take back the narrative of their culture,  encourage healing, recovery, and building communities via cultural expression. Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor, who is a former abused foster child,  connected to the positive messages and community of rap music led to the creation the nonprofit Poetic Recovery Inc which aided in his long-term recovery from trauma and addiction for 30 plus years. Over the last 20 years many lives have been touched by Poetic Recovery open mic, Poetic Recovery tools, and last year's 1st annual Cultural Healing event.

These are tools that Poetic Recovery offers:

1: Newsat11.org A collaborative project with Dj Johnny Juice, the Life Given Emcee, and Maurice “Soulfighter” Taylor to make Hip Hop the news of the streets again. Artists that submit A capella tracks about what’s really going on in their Hood can get their track laced by a customized beat by Johnny Juice of Public Enemy.

2: Poeticrecoveryradio.com. Online radio station where independent artists are invited to submit their music to share with people in society looking for messages of healing.

3: Poeticrecovery.us Is a Black owned and growing cultural/social media network where artists, business people join to connect, collaborate, promote their work with 30 sec videos and their tracks, sell products in the market place, business pages that are created here are given free advertisement on poetic recovery radio collectively all encourage buying local to create and promote local economies.

4: Clinics: Workshops on spoken word, Hip Hop and its elements, crafted as aids to recovery and healing so people can navigate their pain, create connections, and see the impact of cultural expression. 

Sincerely,

Maurice “Soulfighter” Taylor

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2024 COMMUNITY AGAINST HATE LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

DJ JOHNNY "JUICE" ROSADO, JUANITA BATCHELOR, AND STEPHEN STIX JOSEY 

JOHNNY "JUICE" ROSADO Production Advisor, Producer,Dj, Artist at Public Enemy, DJ, Producer, Artist at The Oddysy, Global Vice President at The Bronx Boys Rocking Crew - TBB TBG Global. He brings a messages of self suffienciency, using Hip Hop culture to inspire change, and movement forward. Essentially encouraging Poetic Recovery.

"DJ Johnny “Juice” Rosado is an award winning and Emmy and NAACP Image Nominated Composer, Producer, Turntablist, Engineer, Musician, B-boy, Graf writer, MC, Educator, Lecturer, and Mentor.  Raised in the Bronx, he witnessed the birth of Hip Hop right on his doorstep. Moving to Strong Island in the early 80's, he immediately made an impact on Long Island's budding Hip-Hop scene.  His work, especially with Public Enemy, has been embedded into Hip Hop history. With over 29 years in the industry, he has contributed to some of Hip Hop’s greatest works. Over the years he has lent his production and scratching skills to projects by other legendary Hip Hop artists such as the Beastie Boys, Slick Rick, Leaders of the New School, and DMC. 

Nominated for an Outstanding Music Composition Emmy for his work on ESPN's Ali Rap, Johnny Juice is focusing more film and TV music scoring and soundtracks. Recently nominated for 3 NAACP Image Awards including Best Album,  Juice continues to remain relevant in an ever changing industry spending 3 years as producer and on-air radio personality for ...ANDYOUDON'TSTOP! The 120 minute, multi-segmented, ground-breaking Radio Show featuring the legendary Chuck D.  In 2008 he was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame as a member of Public Enemy and took the stage with Public Enemy in 2013 as they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame..  

Johnny Juice has currently teamed up with KJ to form The Oddysy, a potent amalgamation of jazz, hip hop, and pop, with a sound eclipsing the sum of its parts. Check them out HERE!      Johnny Juice is currently the Global Vice President of the Bronx Boys/Girls Rocking Crew. The Bronx Boys Rocking Crew was created in 1975 as the first Latino rocking (break dance) crew and the founders of the original style of floor rocking. To learn more, click HERE!"

Juanita Batchelor is an African American woman born to her two parents on an Air Force base in Missouri. Juanita moved to Springfield,Massachusetts at three years old where she later became a mother to her two children Darrell and Jajuana Jenkins and later became a Grandmother of five. Juanita's first experience in serving her community began in a healthcare setting as she worked as a CNA for several years. On June 4th, 2014, Juanita's life changed forever as she bore the loss of her only son Darrell Lee Jenkins Jr. to gun violence. Darrell's murder although still unsolved remains a catalyst for turning her pain into purpose in the fight for justice.

That year she began community organizing efforts to establish a support group MORE (Mother, Overlooked, Reaching Out, Empowerment)Inspiring Change Fighting For Justice for BIPOC families experiencing loss due to homicide and missing persons. In 2020 MORE officially became a 501c3 non-profit, offering support to all genders, youth, and BIPOC backgrounds. MORE's office is currently located at 20 Maple Street, Springfield, MA, 01103 and is open to the public. Juanita and the volunteers at MORE have hopes to expand and open a larger community safe space called the Darrell Lee Jenkins Jr.  Resource Center in honor of her son. 

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