SheShe Slam is proud to welcome Tracy (T-Spirit) Stanton as a Selection Jury member for its 2026 edition.
An award-winning multidisciplinary international spoken word artist, T-Spirit’s work moves beyond performance into the realms of healing, justice, and collective liberation. Her poetry is deeply Spirit-led, drawing from ancestral wisdom while confronting present-day systems of oppression with clarity and courage.
She is the founder of Some Things Must Be Heard: Spitting & Politicking, a platform committed to truth-telling and political consciousness through spoken word. She is also a founding member of the Freedom Community Center, a Black-led restorative justice abolitionist organization, and the owner of Spirit-LED Coaching & Consulting, where she supports individuals and communities through holistic well-being practices.
T-Spirit has appeared across major local and national platforms, including Now This Is News, Riverfront Times, MSNBC, St. Louis American, and KSDK. Her work has been featured at influential conferences such as Facing Race, Rising Majority, Roots & Remedies, and SLU’s Scale Conference. She has also been summoned to offer poetry at historically significant gatherings, including Mike Brown Jr.’s 10-year angelversary and Fred Hampton’s 77th Birthday Weekend led by Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.
Her poetry speaks to those navigating internal and external battles against oppression. It is raw, intentional, and anchored in truth, joy, resistance, and righteousness.
As SheShe Slam continues to build a platform where women’s voices are honored, protected, and amplified, T-Spirit’s presence strengthens the values at the heart of the movement.
Welcome to SheShe Slam 2026.
