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Public Performance by Chinese-Jamaican poetry slammer Staceyann Chin. Chin has been an “out poet and political activist” since 1998, presenting work at the Nuyorican Poets’ Cafe and poetry workshops in Denmark and London. Chin was also a co-writer and performer in the Tony-nominated “Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam” on Broadway. Her provocative and well-received personal stage memoir, “Border/Clash,” brought to Culture Project the heart-pounding story of a young woman’s journey to womanhood as a gay, female, Jamaican-Chinese immigrant in America. Hosted by MIT Women’s and Gender Studies, the MIT Race-Sexuality Task Force, SLIPPAGE, and the MIT Caribbean Culture Club. 7pm, Rm 6-120. 617/253-8844 or e-mail genderstudies@mit.edu.