Brenda Matthews, affectionately known as Momma Brenda, is a poet pregnant with purpose. That purpose is to plant seeds of change in the hearts of those who have fallen through the cracks. She has traveled throughout the country and Africa to deliver her message of change to the ‘least of these.’ Momma Brenda’s poetry passion has been widely recognized. A two-time featured poet of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam Chicago, she has shared the stage with The Last Poets, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Malcolm Jamaal Warner, and Albertina Walker to name a few. Momma Brenda has written and produced through her production company, Imani Nia, two CDs; “A Piece of My Soul” and “Tapestry of the Heart.” Imani Nia, through Taproots, Inc., a nonprofit organization, uses spoken word as a tool to teach life skills, alcohol, tobacco and HIV prevention in Chicago Public Schools. She has performed in the independent film Love Your Momma, and in the 2001 production of Dance Africa Chicago.

“There is power in the spoken word. God created the universe with the spoken word. In the beginning was the word…. (Luke 1:1). The spoken word can restore the black man, empower his seed, and reconcile his family. I will continue to perform in prisons, drug rehabilitation centers, and shelters to speak words that transform lives.”

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