jessica Care moore

jessica Care moore Renaissance Woman

jessica Care moore is the CEO of Moore Black Press and founder of the literacy-driven, The Jess Care Moore Foundation, and the founder of Black WOMEN Rock! A musical tribute and educational weekend dedicated to Betty Davis. An internationally renowned poet, playwright, performance artist and producer, she is the author of The Words Don't Fit in My Mouth, The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto, God is Not an American, and a forthcoming book memoir, Love is Not The Enemy. She has performed her poems and solo theater shows all over the United States, in South Africa, and across Europe. From her Broadway performances at Carnegie Hall, or Harlem's Apollo Theater, London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, to New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center, moore believes poems belong everywhere and to everyone.

She is well known for her history making, record breaking appearances on "It's Showtime At the Apollo," and is the youngest living Apollo Legend.

Her multi media show, God is Not an American was produced by The Apollo Theater and Time Warner's NYC Parks Summer Concert Series. She was the Host, Writer and Co- Executive Producer of poetry driven television show, Spoken, on The Black Family Channel, Directed and Executive Produced by Robert Townsend. She is a five-time Showtime at the Apollo winner; has featured onhip-hop mega-star, Nas' "Nastradamus" album and was a returning star of Russell Simmon's HBO Series, Def Poetry Jam

JCM has graced the cover of The New York Times, The Metro Times, Michigan FrontPage, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, African Voices Magazine and Black Elegance Magazine, and has been featured in print and online magazines across the world, including, Essence, Blaze, Source, Vibe, Bomb, Mosaic, Good News, Savoy, One World, Upsale, Ambassador Magazine, MASH, UPTOWN and others.

The young poet has been published in several literary collections, including, 44 on 44, Third World Press, 2011), "A Different Image," (U of DMercy Press, 2004), "Abandon Automobile," (WSU Press, 2001), "ListenUp!" (Random House, 1999), "Step Into A World," (Wiley Publishing, 2001), "Role Call" (Third World Press, 2002), "Bum Rush The Page: A Def Poetry Jam" (Crown Publishing, 2001). She is the youngest poet published in the "Prentice Hall Anthology of African American Women's Literature," by Valerie Lee, alongside literary greats, Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Octavia Butler Maya Angelou and many others.

After her legendary win on the Apollo stage, moore was approached by several book publishing companies, but in 1997, she paved her own path and launched a publishing company of her own, Moore Black Press. She released her first book; "The Words Don't Fit In My Mouth," and sold more than 20,000 copies. A few years later, she followed up with her second collection of poetry and essays, "The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto."Moore Black Press proudly published famed poets, Saul Williams and Shariff Simmons; Def Poetry Jam's co-founder, Danny Simmons, NBA-ball player, Etan Thomas, activist and poet, Ras Baraka and former Essence Magazine editor and author, Asha Bandele.

This bold and electric artist has shared the stage with the late Ossie Davis, CeCe Winans, the late, great, Gregory Hines, Anthony David, Norah Jones, Amiri Baraka, Patti Labelle, Roy Ayers, Mos Def, The Last Poets, SoniaSanchez, Talib Kweli, Nikki Giovanni, Steve Harvey, Maya Angelou and many others. In 1999, she was honored as Woman of the Year by the Harvard Black Men's Forum.

An activist, she has leant her voice to the international fight against AIDS. She has performed for the United Nations World AIDS Day Commemoration two years in a row. moore was a consultant and one of the organizers of the successful Hip-Hop-A-Thon Concert in (San Francisco), which helped increase AIDS education in the Black and Latino Bay-Area communities. She has performed in front of thousands of people during AIDS WALK Opening Ceremonies in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Florida and Atlanta.

Her new multi media theatrical show, The Missing Project:Pieces of the D is an international storytelling live art music show that features an experimental jazz orchestra and the work of graffiti artist Antonio "Shades" Agee.Her debut rock album, Black Tea will be released later this year. moore continues to push the boundaries of genre, with her first conceptual art installation, NANOC: I Sing The Body Electric, opening at Dell Pryor Gallery in 2011. She lives in Detroit, where she just finished producing her incredible Black Women Rock Weekend and is busy completing her memoir, Love is Not the Enemy, and raising the 4-year old love of her life, King Thomas. Show less