EVA Vetted Talent
S.C. Says
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Austin, TX, USA
Award-Winning Slam Poet and Transformational Speaker
Andre Bradford, a.k.a. S.C. Says, is an Austin based spoken word artist who has been performing slam poetry since 2014. He's toured and performed his slam poetry keynote on Purposeful Empathy at venues, universities, and conferences across the country, and his work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Write About Now, The Edge radio, The Culture Trip, and Blavity. He is a two time Austin Poetry Slam Champion, the 2022 Texas Grand Slam Champion, and is the author of the poetry collection Golden Brown Skin. He also once popped a bag of popcorn without burning a single kernel, which is arguably one of his greatest achievements.
His performance is interactive, engaging, funny, and truly moving. Weaving unique artistry, research backed talking points, and personal story, S.C. Says helps create transformative events and gives audiences a path for rich dialogue and true community engagement.
Videos
Styles
Poetry
Diversity & Inclusion
Motivational
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Hybrid
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Offerings
KINTSUKUROI: BUILDING WITH PURPOSEFUL EMPATHY
This 45 minute presentation uses slam poetry to explore empathy as it relates to diversity appreciation, mental health awareness, and the power of small acts of kindness. S.C. weaves laughter, honesty,
humility, and heartfelt hope to reveal how healing and life changing Purposeful Empathy can be.
Event Types: Hybrid, In-Person, Virtual
RESILIENCE RISING: GAMING LIFE'S LEVEL-UP MOMENTS
In this 50 minute presentation award winning slam poet, author, and speaker S.C. Says utilizes spoken word poetry to engage and encourage audiences to reframe life’s challenges as chances to level-up their own Resiliency Gauge. By unpacking poems around resilience within family , self-love, mental health, and social justice, S.C. helps audiences to see how the hits we take in life give us the opportunity to develop an internal strength we can pull from again and again.
Event Types: In-Person, Hybrid, Virtual
Reviews (5)
Kristin Booher
Davidson College - Director of Civic Engagement & Bonner Scholars
It was a great combination of vulnerability, humor and pop culture references to keep everyone engaged.
Lacy Compton
Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented - Professional Learning and Partnerships Director
The performance was fantastic and my entire team kept talking about how much they loved it. I’m so, so glad he could join us and share his work.
Sandra Bisciglia
Carthage College - Assistant Professor of Religion
Andre is not only a talented poet, but his skill at making people feel comfortable with the slam poetry medium was evident. His poem "Crayon Box" became the theme of the event which was to celebrate diversity of every kind.
Wendy Fong
Society for Human Resource Management - Manager, Virtual Event Innovation
It was such a delight to work with S.C. and connect. His performance was truly an inspiration.
Jennifer Morales Mendoza
Clark College - Activities Programming Coordinator
S.C. Created a wonderful, welcoming atmosphere for the audience. He included some members as part of the performance which I think opened up reactions.