Vatic Kuumba

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Vatic Kuumba is a playwright, poet, activist, and rapper, MC, living and working in Providence, Rhode Island. Kuumba grew up in Florida and moved to Providence in 2013. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://thetakemagazine.com/vatic-kuumba-providence/|title=Vatic Kuumba Takes on Race in Providence|last=Reynolds|first=Janet|date=2017-06-01|website=Take Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-25}}</ref> Kuumba was an artist facilitator, along with poet Laura Brown-Lavoie, for the city of Providence's Fresh Local & Equitable initiative in 2017.<ref>"City of Providence Awarded Grant As Part of National Program to Increase Health, Economic Opportunity." Targeted News Service (USA), sec. U.S. Cities and Counties, 21 Sept. 2017. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1670EDB494888BC8. Accessed 25 Nov. 2019.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digboston.com/spotlight-on-cheap-seats/|title=SPOTLIGHT ON: CHEAP SEATS|date=2017-03-13|website=DigBoston|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-25}}</ref>

Kuumba's work has been performed at Trinity Repertory Company, PVDFest, <ref name=":0" /> and AS220. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rimonthly.com/colorblindness-diversity-and-post-racial-ri/|title=Colorblindness, Diversity and "Post-Racial" RI|date=2016-02-16|website=Rhode Island Monthly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-25}}</ref>

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