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Khadijah “Moon” Ali-Coleman is a writer and an arts communications professional with significant work in theater arts, music, and youth development. She has performed nationally as a vocalist and theater actress for over fifteen years. Her performance credits include roles in The Vagina Monologues, The Medea Myth, The Life, and other contemporary plays. She has also written works for the stage, including her play Shades of Black: a thought in progress which debuted on stage in Baltimore, MD in 2008. Production of Shades of Black: a thought in progress sparked her interest in using theater as a tool to reach and educate audiences on how to advocate and create change in their communities.

Because of her work, she has been invited as a presenter to numerous national conferences including the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed (PTO) Conference , the Mosaic Literary Conference, and BlogHer Conference, to name of few. She is or has been a member of PTO, the Washington Area Music Association, ASCAP, and the National Association of Black Journalists. She has been a member of the leadership honor society Omicron Delta Kappa for over fifteen years. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Mass Communications from Towson University with a minor in Writing and a Bachelor of Arts in African-American Studies & Mass Media from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She was a panelist in the 2010 BlogHer Conference in NYC.

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