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[NAME] Calvin Tiu Calvin.tiu@kwantlen.net [AGE] 22
Frontiers Poetics: KPU's Rap Outreach Project Learning to be brave and speaking up can sometimes be more difficult for others, but Calvin Tiu understood that there were ways to help those individuals. Through the art of rap he was able to provide relief and a way out of being quiet. A voice was born with this epiphany and there was no looking back. After receiving sponsorships and support from Coca Cola and the Faculty of Arts from KPU, he and partner Rick “Big Love” Kumar toured 16 high schools across the Lower Mainland to share their message about the power of language, the written word, anti-bullying, peer mentorship, lifelong friendship, and community building through creativity. He also decided to fund a bursary along with his partner Calvin, with the proceeds from a CD they made being put to use for a struggling Arts student. Calvin delivered the valedictorian speech at his convocation and has graduated with an Arts degree from KPU. In addition to this, Calvin serves as the Treasurer for both the Kwantlen English Commons and the Kwantlen Film Club. Despite the challenge of having to overcome the physical disability of cerebral palsy, he is close to finishing his Bachelor of Arts degree from KPU.
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