Joyina Izimbongi ZaseCalifornia Ezikoleni emhlanganweni wethu wasemini wangoLwesibili wesi-2.  Ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuSepthemba kusukela ngo-12-2pm, u-Raie Crawford, uMphathi Wohlelo oluvela e-WITS Houston uzonikeza ukuqeqeshwa kwezindlela ezingcono kakhulu zokufundisa okubonakalayo kobuciko bokubhala bokudala.  Lo mhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi uhloselwe Izimbongi ZaseCalifornia Ezikoleni Zobumbongi-Othisha.

URaie Crawford uyi-Wiley College Alumna evela eHouston, eTexas. Njengompetha we-Houston VIP Slam wezikhathi ezimbili kanye ne-Houston Performance Poet of the Year ka-2017-2018. URaie ukleliswe kwabangu-20 abahamba phambili phakathi kwe-Women of the World Poetry Slam kanye nabangu-25 abahamba phambili phakathi kwamazinga e-Individual World Poetry Slam. URaie waqala neWits ngo-2018 njengombhali oyisakhamuzi. Ngemva konyaka, wajoyina ithimba labaphathi njengoMphathi Wohlelo. Phakathi nesikhathi sakhe njengoMphathi Wohlelo u-Raie usebenza ngokuqondile nomphakathi wababhali ukuze anikeze ukuthuthukiswa kochwepheshe kanye nombhalo osabelayo ngokwesiko ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi bonke abafundi bangabona ukuvela kwabo kweqiniso kuzo zonke izici zokubhala ngobuciko. Futhi, uhola uhlelo olusha (WITS Cultural Collaborative) olugxile ezidingweni zamasiko zabafundi bemibala kanye nababhali bethu bemibala.   Ngo-2018 wakhipha incwadi yakhe yokuqala ethi “In Between |Space|” oluthwebula uhambo nokunyakaza kwemizimba yabamnyama emphakathini wanamuhla. Ngokuqonda okuqinile komthelela wokuxhumana okunawo emiphakathini yabantu abambalwa, u-Raie udale Ingxoxo Yamantombazane Anemibala (AC4CG), umphakathi ozinikezele ekudaleni isikhala sabesifazane abambalwa ukuze bahlangane futhi baxoxe ngezinkinga zesistimu emiphakathini yabo. Le nhlangano ithuthukise izingxoxo zomphakathi ezinomthelela kuma-HBCU ambalwa futhi ihlose ukuqhubeka nokufinyelela yonke i-HBCU yase-US.