Join Emancipate NC on Saturday, September 27 at 4:00 pm for the 8th annual Poetic Justice event! Hausson Byrd returns to curate this year’s event at the People’s Solidarity Hub, 1805 Chapel Hill Road, Durham, NC 27707. Emancipate NC has been curating artists, including currently incarcerated people, to share stories and spoken word about the criminal injustice system and how we overcome it. This annual fundraiser event celebrates beauty and joy within a world that tries – but never succeeds – to silence and cage us.

Artist Lineup

Hausson Byrd

Hausson Byrd is a Poet, Organizer, Author, and Rapper from Raleigh NC. He is a Graduate of NCAT, and a Relapsing Book Addict trying his absolute hardest to make his momma proud. Starting out as a spoken word artist, He has been expanding his artistry to include poetry, music, emceeing, event curation, networking and community building.

Through word of mouth, writing, movement, vibration, and light; Hausson collaborates with other NC Artists to craft life changing experiences meant to enrich anyone who takes part in them. A plaque above the dining room at his mothers old house read “Never, Ever, Ever Give Up”, and so he never has and he never will. He hopes to inspire you to do the same.