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Shuffled! is a weekly column appearing every Thursday here on BPRLive. Each week, we welcome a person from the APA community to share some thoughts about the music they listen to. Check out the Shuffled! archive for past articles.

Today’s Shuffler: Michelle Myers

Michelle Myers is an Assistant Professor in the Learning Lab Department at Community College of Philadelphia where she teaches developmental English. At CCP, she also serves as the faculty advisor of the Spoken Word Poetry Club and as a faculty editor of the CAP Literary Magazine, both providing support for students who seek to express themselves in various forms of non-conventional creative expression. Michelle is a member of the arts collective Asians Misbehavin’, which recently shot a short film to be aired on a Philadelphia-area public television station, WYBE, during the summer of 2008. In her desire to positively contribute to Philadelphia’s Asian/Asian American communities, she works part-time as Grants Coordinator at the Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition (SEAMAAC) and as Oral History Project Coordinator at the Asian Arts Initiative. Finally, Michelle is a columnist for the Anti-Racist Parent, a blog for parents who are committed to raising children with an anti-racist outlook, and is a featured artist in Jessica Chen Drammeh’s documentary film Anomaly; the film explores the mixed race experience.

Michelle is also a member of the spoken word group Yellow Rage. They featured last year at East Meets Words. Check them out or better yet go to one of their shows. I hear they’ve got some new pieces.

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