This is what was caught on microphone when Kirk was asked just to talk…to introduce one of his poems. What came out was surprising. Real. Raw. And incredibly vulnerable. It is one track that will end up on Kinetic Affect’s new CD.
This gives you a small taste of what you are in store for.
This is what was caught on microphone when Kirk was asked just to talk…to introduce one of his poems. What came out was surprising. Real. Raw. And incredibly vulnerable. It is one track that will end up on Kinetic Affect’s new CD.
This gives you a small taste of what you are in store for.
Eric and Jamal let it out in a Kinetic Affect and Speak It Forward production. Youth from difficult backgrounds become spoken word soldiers armed with honesty, integrity and vulnerability. Hear this. Be moved. And SPEAK IT FORWARD>
Inspired by a dream that work me up in the middle of the night and left a lingering feeling with me ever since. Here is one of the few love poems I've ever written and performed. It is dedicated to a woman who doesn't even exist.
This is one student we have been working with at Lakeside Academy. His face cannot be shown. You cannot know his name. But you can know his story. Accompanied by musician Nick Lobel. This is just one powerful example of how being open, honest, real and raw with our experiences can touch others in deeply profound ways. While also changing our own lives for the better.
See more. Hear more. Be moved more. And come out to support The SOuL Event Saturday,…
Kinetic Affect was invited to perform at and write an original piece for the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. Here are a series of moments from our time on stage that show the fuller picture of what we do and how we do it, raw and uncut. With humor and sensitivity. With honesty and energy.
The Executive Director of AMCHP had this to say about our performance in DC: "The feedback was incredible. You did an amazing job. The energy…
Kintetic Affect and Speak It Forward's moving Calhoun County based workshop, The SOuL Project, culminates in a powerful final performance: The SOuL Event. Funded by the W. K. Keloogg Foundation and the Battle Creek Community Foundation along with private funders, The SOuL Project reached into the fringes of the community to work with vulnerable youth, staff and other students to bring together a powerful spoken word experience.
Together, students…
This is one of the few video recordings of the Michigan poem live found anywhere. Inspired and commissioned by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Michigan Poem is a calling out to all of us to lift ourselves up in a time of need. Both Gabriel and Kirk have gone through deep struggle and have wanted many times to give up. Our state too is going through struggle But we believe that it this struggle that makes us stronger. That it is through coming out…
Kinetic Affect is a dynamic spoken word duo based in Kalamazoo, MI composed of two very different men; Kirk Latimer, a survivor of his own destructive past, and Gabriel Giron, a survivor of cancer, combine their voices to give life to their difficult past experiences. Together they are able to show audiences the common humanity we all share. Having been featured on the hit show America's Got Talent and on the Apollo stage,
Kinetic Affect is a dynamic spoken word duo based in Kalamazoo, MI composed of two very different men; Kirk Latimer, a survivor of his own destructive past, and Gabriel Giron, a survivor of cancer, combine their voices to give life to their difficult past experiences. Together they are able to show audiences the common humanity we all share. Having been featured on the hit show America's Got Talent and on the Apollo stage, Kinetic Affect combines entertainment with deeply moving and emotional personal struggles and triumphs.
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