Entertainment
A local talent born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Ashley Moyer, aka SayWut!?, has been a fixture in the hip hop scene performing for Federal and state educational, environmental, and humanitarian aid workshops through the use of non-traditional, alternative music outlets. Known for her unique talent of Beatboxing-(producing sounds and beats through her mouth), Ashley is a highly decorated musician within the local hip-hop scene known for being the only award winning, successful female beat boxer. Ashley's performances and workshops are directed towards community awareness and development through education and acceptance of alternative music outlets. Ashley has performed during the 2008 Pride Fest, is a loyal act to the Fire womyn dance parties, 2007 Toronto Global Hip Hop Festival, 2006 and 2007 Hip Hop Culture Day during the New Mexico State Fair, and 2007 Environmental Justice at the New Mexico state capital round house promoting environmental awareness throughout New Mexico. Her social and cultural workshops include Sequoia Adolescent Treatment Center, Albuquerque Public Schools, Santa Fe Public Schools, The Girls Ranch, Santa Fe Indian School, the YDDC (ABQ youth detention center), and New Mexico Youth Organized.
Whisper C.K. is a spoken word poet who is originally from the Four Corners area. Currently residing in Albquerque, New Mexico she has recently completed here Masters degree in the Dept. of American Studies, focusing on the American colonial legacy of sexual violence against indigenous women both past and present. In Albuquerque, she is affiliated with Young Women United, Kalpulli Izkalli, and SMAC -Sistas Makin' A Change. Nationally, she is a member of We Got Issues! art's-based civic-change women's leadership institute based out of Brooklyn, New York. Whisper is currenlty working on her film "Lyrical Content." By showcasing local Native youth of Albuquerque who participate in hiphop, graffiti art and spoken word poetry, she and her community aim to allow these youth's artistic 'lyrical content' to serve as a means of speaking back to depoliticizing stereotypes of indigenous people in the American Southwest and beyond.