September 20th, 2024 by WCBC Radio

First Lady Dawn Moore and the Maryland Arts Council has announced the appointment of Lady Brion as Maryland’s 11th Poet Laureate. Lady Brion is a spoken-word artist, writer, and activist who focuses on women’s empowerment and telling the story of the Black experience.  She performed at the inauguration of Comptroller Brooke Lierman in 2023…

“…while the cemetery soil reminds us of the toil and all we have survived. Dawn is evidence of the possibility held inside the breath of each morning. There is an agitation in the atmosphere.”