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ABOUT THE ARTIST: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfb85eef7ea319d62a01f/1618897109851-FJLPND96QPJ6N2QRE3LH/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-20%2Bat%2B1.25.07%2BAM.jpg Press TDPS Newsletter: Theatre major Sadia Alao recently released her first digital picture book, A #BLM Picture Book. (See some pages of her book above.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfb85eef7ea319d62a01f/1618896899963-MAVQCMIQAY2BVSNOKW74/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-20%2Bat%2B1.27.59%2BAM.jpg Press Her Campus: A variety of artists have been performing at the NextNOW Fest for the past six years, and the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t going to put a stop to its seventh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfb85eef7ea319d62a01f/bd995f45-44fe-481e-b095-73676b315590/Screen+Shot+2021-06-16+at+6.43.07+PM.png Press The Kennedy Center: Kennedy Center Announces the Award and Scholarship Recipients of the 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival The John Cauble Awards for Outstanding Short Play went to Omo Mi by Sadia Alao, University of Maryland College Park, and https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfb85eef7ea319d62a01f/ed680e7e-25a4-403e-ba73-6faeed724d9d/022521_0226.news_.infocus_TM10-768x432.jpg Press The Diamondback: UMD art exhibit seeks to elevate voices of Black women and nonbinary people. Sadia Alao wishes people would stop referring to Black women as “strong” — and her piercing words come out in her poetry film “Black Girl Bitter.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfb85eef7ea319d62a01f/6f49e308-a6ce-48f9-990a-b3d72903b714/Screen+Shot+2021-05-20+at+11.39.18+AM.png Press Shoutout LA: Meet Sadia Alao: Writer, Filmmaker, & Director. We had the good fortune of connecting with Sadia Alao and we’ve shared our conversation below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfb85eef7ea319d62a01f/b26c7edb-b1b1-4598-87c5-cbb1a0f5981b/Screen+Shot+2021-04-20+at+1.39.16+AM.png Press The Sentinel: Local students create multiple small businesses during summer program. Working out of the new College Park WeWork, the shared co-workspace company’s first location on a college campus (which opened last fall), 15 teams of current students and recent graduates gathered to develop their business ideas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfb85eef7ea319d62a01f/cea2d217-1a05-4698-8913-0dab85fa0d2c/Screen+Shot+2021-04-20+at+1.36.09+AM.png Press East City Art: The Stamp Gallery Presents André Terrel Jackson, Akea Brionne, and Sadia Alao In Focus: Representations of Black Womanhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/607dfb85eef7ea319d62a01f/47906013-ad3b-4a42-92f0-b6d9fd518fb9/Screen+Shot+2021-04-20+at+1.41.22+AM.png Press Do Good Institute: Do Good Student Voices: Sadia Alao. 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