Josh Healey

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Josh Healey is an innovative writer, community organizer, educator, and comedic powerhouse whose work incites your political imagination and attacks your funny bone without mercy. Writing and fighting in the traditions of Amiri Baraka, Emma Goldman, and Aziz Ansari, he is the author of Hammertime (OMAI/First Wave Press).

Born and raised in Washington, DC, Healey has performed and led artistic and activist workshops at universities, high schools, and conferences across the country. He is the co-founder of the First Wave program at the University of Wisconsin, the first college hip-hop arts program in the nation.

Speaking truth to power while stirring up riots of uncontrollable joy, Healey has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, and Al-Jazeera. Recently, he has shared his work at UC-Berkeley, Harvard, the National Poetry Slam, the Wisconsin Book Festival, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, and the Arab Cultural Center.

Healey currently lives in Oakland, CA and works with Youth Speaks to empower young artists and activists across the Bay Area and beyond.