Speakezie Go Hard God Wealth Series

Speakezie Go Hard is BACK—renewed, restored, and ready to pour into the community in a whole new way. We’re thrilled to announce our soft launch on December 18th, marking the return of the Speakezie catharsis open mic series, now in partnership with the beautiful and intimate Café Indigo.

Speakezie has always been more than an open mic—it’s a space for liberation. A space for release. A space where art becomes therapy and community becomes medicine. Through poetry, music, storytelling, and expression, we help move stuck, stagnant, and repressed emotions. We are trauma relief for the soul, and this soft launch sets the stage for everything that’s coming.

Beginning in 2026, Speakezie Go Hard will officially host Third Thursdays at Café Indigo. Join us for a season of intentional creativity, authentic connection, and emotional release.

First Quarter 2026 Dates:

• Thursday, January 15, 2026
• Thursday, February 19, 2026
• Thursday, March 19, 2026

Each event will feature a curated open mic experience, art therapy elements, and the signature catharsis energy that has always defined Speakezie.

• A safe and soulful environment
• Artistic expression as emotional release
• Community healing through shared stories
• Elevated vibes in collaboration with Café Indigo
• A return to the Speakezie roots—with a renewed vision and deeper intention

This is the soft launch.
This is the foundation for 2026.
This is God Wealth.
This is where we speak easy—and go hard.

Reserve your spot, bring your truth, and join us for the rebirth of Speakezie.

In History, a speakezie is a hidden establishment where

guests can have the experience of discretely engaging in a Prohibition Era experience.

The community's SPEAKEZIE...Go Hard is a cultural entity providing conflict resolution to violence survivors through art therapy.

Founded in 2018 by El Jay’Em, Speakeze...Go Hard has become a cultural movement in Washington, DC, combating racial injustice and gun violence by providing a platform for community members to use music, poetry, and artistic expression to entertain and heal. Since its conception on September 28th, 2018, Speakezie has had the privilege to serve the community as a violence interrupter and offer gun violence prevention. Speakezie has provided conflict resolution through art therapy to over 30k survivors of violence throughout the nation. Secondarily brought awareness and raised funds for over 30 social justice issues and provided a platform to over 700 artists and counting. Speakezie utilizes live art, live music, bands, poets, emcees, hip-hop artists, actors, independent films, and other expressive art forms to provide high-impact conflict resolution and trauma relief through restorative justice practices. Speakezie expanded into public and charter schools in 2020 with the L.O.V.E curriculum and has provided schools with eight semesters of high-impact emotional intelligence programming.

Through art therapy, our program centers on restorative justice, trauma relief, and conflict resolution for violence survivors. It seeks to bring awareness, pride, and inspiration to each viewer, participant, and audience member. Art Therapy allows survivors to directly target their trauma and promote healing by combining the mind and body through the art channel. Each month, Speakezie...Go Hard hosts a show at We Act Radio in Washington, DC, and fills the space with individuals from around, creating a diverse demographic reach from ages of 8-70.

Speakezie has existed since September 2018 and seeks to bring awareness and fill the gap in the lack of support and resources for the aftermath of violence. The result of this blooms trauma and destabilizes communities of color economically, socially, and culturally.

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