Neville Adams
Director/Founder
Metaphors meet music we call it lyrical
Irony so sharp you bleed satirical
Similes swing low like a Negro spiritual
Allusions so royal our words are imperial

It’s the bar we’re raising, verbally brazen,
mentally dazing
Until you’re praising the paraphrasing
Divergent thinking... is truly amazing
Yvonne Brown
Co-Director
Crowd Scene at
Slam
Aliya B. Carter
Co-Founder
Artistic Director
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Phoenix/Medina Writers Project Inc.
Presents:
Lyrikal Storm
Writers and Spoken Word Artists
    Inception:  Understanding the needs of area youth to express
    themselves effectively, Neville Adams and Aliya Carter created the group
    Lyrikal Storm in 2002.  Starting with only a handful of Parkdale High
    School students, the group focused on poetry writing and performance,
    coupled with the philosophy that everyone has a voice.  Later joined by
    Yvonne Brown as co-director, the group became an outlet for students
    and increased in size to over 40 members from various areas of Prince
    George’s County, Montgomery County, and Washington, DC.  Under the
    direction of the Phoenix Medina Writer's Project Inc., Lyrikal Storm has
    increased the critical thinking, reading, writing, and communication skills
    of scores of youth in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

    Philosophy:  The group has adopted 5 core principals that guide the
    organization:

    1-Knowledge is essential
    2-Community/global awareness and involvement is a civic duty
    3-Strive for sophistication, mediocrity is not an option
    4-Critical thinking and speaking is key to mobility
    5-Once a member, always a member

    Each alumni is charged with creating a poetry group, writing group or
    organization that impacts not only the immediate community, but the
    global community as well.  So far to date groups linked to Lyrikal Storm
    alumni are Da Movement Poets (Social Activist Spoken Word Group),
    Poutre (Howard University Spoken Word Group), poetry clubs in Elizabeth
    City, Frostburg, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Delaware State
    Universities.  

    Accolades:  Since the initial stages the group has performed in more than
    30 venues and has been featured in the Prince George’s Post, The
    Prince George’s and Montgomery County Gazette, and The Washington
    Post.  The members have hosted numerous open mic sessions and have
    been featured at various venues to include Starbucks Café, The Mocha
    Hut, Infusions Tea Cafe, Mayorga's Coffee, Cafe Mawanaj, the Capital
    Bookfest, numerous religious organizations, and others.  The group has
    been commissioned by the director of Maryland Park and Planning to
    host a Black history Poetry Slam and to perform at the employee
    Christmas Extravaganza at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning
    Complex.  Members were selected to perform in the National Youth
    Poetry slam in New York City in April 2006 then in San Jose, California in
    July 2007.   Members have also been featured on Prince George’s CTV
    Channel 76 program, “Sojourn With Words”, WPFW radio program "2K
    Nation", im4radio weekly broadcast, and XM radio amongst others.