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  • Latest episode: “From Black Bottom to the Breakfast Table: The Joe Louis Legacy Lives On, Joe Louis Barrow II”
  • Latest episode: “From Pots & Pans to Plates & Legacy: Johnny Cannon and the Spirit of Joe Louis”
  • Latest episode: “Healing Is the Legacy: Kayana Sessoms on Safe Spaces, Spirit, and Detroit”

Bayan Founas is an educator. The Writing 4 Freedom Teen Summer Camp is a vision independently funded and started by Bayan and community support. The Camp takes place at Nandi’s Knowledge Café every Thursday from July 4 pm – 7 pm and is free for all participants. Bayan’s commitment to creativity and camp is her connection to enjoying Summers in the mosque sharing camps with friends and family. This interview explores her interest, passion, and works in social justice and poetry. She shares how being a teacher in Harper Woods was the gateway to her creative voice in spoken word poetry. This is an interview that delves into history deep as well.