Assignment #1, Molina Acosta

A Student Entertainment Events staff member waits to swipe students in to SEE's Late Mic Event Thursday, Sept. 5. The event brought poets Aja Monet and Rudy Francisco to the University of Maryland campus to perform writings related to activism.

A University of Maryland student watercolors on the floor of the Stamp Atrium before SEE's Late Night Mic begins Thursday, Sept. 5.

A University of Maryland student curls up on a bean bag in Stamp Atrium while waiting for SEE's Late Night Mic to begin Thursday, Sept. 5.

Poet Rudy Francisco performs before a crowd of University of Maryland students in for SEE's Late Night Mic event Thursday, Sept. 5. Francisco encouraged the crowd to be vocal during his performance, urging them to snap, clap, laugh or gasp in response.

Aja Monet reads a poem from her book, "My Mother was a Freedom Fighter," at SEE's Late Night Mic event Thursday, Sept. 5. The poem, "What My Grandmother Meant to Say Was..," is inspired by the reaction Monet's family had when they discovered her grandmother left several children behind when she immigrated from Cuba, Monet said.

University of Maryland sophomore Nabila Prasetiawan facilitates a question and answer session with poet Aja Monet at the end of SEE's Late Mic Night Thursday, Sept. 5,. Prasetiawan and Monet talked about how their identities and experiences as minorities influence their poetry.