Dáminí Awóyígà is an activist, spoken word poet, and Halifax’s Youth Poet Laureate. The 17 year old high school student is the founder of DAmini Creatives and the Afro-Indigenous Book Club, created to encourage young people to read books written by Black and Indigenous authors and to share the experiences of Black and Indigenous Canadians. Dáminí was the Junior Artist in Residence for Wellness Within, a community organization in Nova Scotia working for reproductive justice, prison abolition, and health equity. She was CBC’s artist-in-residence for the Michaëlle Jean Foundation’s Canadian Black Summit held in July 2022, where she hosted an interactive community poetry booth. She works as a youth freelance journalist for CBC’s Mainstreet. She is the Vice-Chair of Charles P. Allen High School’s Black Student Association. Dáminí has enjoyed being a board member of the Nova Scotia Girls Institute for Resource and Learning (NS GIRL), and she is also part of the HRM Youth Advisory Council. Dáminí has received multiple awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. As a spoken word poet for over five years, Dáminí loves to write, sing, and perform poems that bring attention to social justice issues.