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[PAST EVENT] AMP & HOPE / Mental Health Spoken Poet

September 20, 2018
7pm - 8:30pm
Location
Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium
200 Stadium Dr
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location

Alma Mater Productions and Health Outreach Peer Educators bring you Neil Hilborn.


Neil Hilborn is a spoken word poet and a College National Poetry Slam champion. His poems frequently detail his personal experience living with a mental illness. In 2013, his poem "OCD" went viral garnering over 14 million views. He will be performing poems featured from his book "Our Numbered Days". He has been featured in the Huffington Post, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal and NPR. 


Join us for a night of spoken poetry! Afterwards, we will have a short panel discussing the importance of mental health advocacy on this campus.