Amena Brown
SHE/HER | POET, AUTHOR, COMEDIC STORYTELLER
Amena Brown is a spoken word poet, author, podcast host, and performing artist whose work interweaves keep-it-real storytelling, rhyme, and humor. She is the recipient of the 2021 Seneca Women Podcast Award, which awards a woman podcaster who uses her platform to uplift other women. Through her weekly podcast, HER with Amena Brown, Amena centers and elevates the voices, stories, and experiences of Black, Indigenous, Asian, and Latine women. The author of five spoken word albums and two nonfiction books, Amena was featured in Olay’s 2020–2021 Face Anything campaign alongside Jennifer Hudson and Busy Philips, and she is also the poetic partner for PATTERN Beauty, award-winning actress, producer, and activist Tracee Ellis Ross’ natural hair care brand. Amena takes arenas, theaters, and performance venues and turns them into living rooms, where performance becomes conversation and builds community. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, DJ Opdiggy, where she is also the Chapter Host of CreativeMornings Atlanta.