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Amirah was named one of \u201c17 Muslim American Women Who Made America Great in 2016\u201d by The Huffington Post. She was honored to be a TEDx speaker, guest lecturer at Harvard University, and a cultural diplomat with the U.S. State Department in Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Kuwait. Based in Chicago, Amirah continues to teach the next generation and encourage emerging artists to use hip-hop culture as a way to uplift, inspire, and create social change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/the-future-is-now-podcasts\/#amirah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Future Fellow Podcast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@amirahsackett?_d=secCgYIASAHKAESMgowBMWXYFOt5%2BG2Fr2hOzdpqszlmm6HJXQYdwc0ec021cwUjcCZKDhYMDOOtSpx6NQKGgA%3D&amp;checksum=c2f4df5fdcdd6b39c89c6f71ae684373b6c7ac1779702b565a9228b84c1e113a&amp;language=en&amp;sec_uid=MS4wLjABAAAA60ssw6RsElwF667BdMPH4wnaD7DG1NSGRTcVHNyzqS5cleUT4kbGjeTeOBUlunzQ&amp;sec_user_id=MS4wLjABAAAA60ssw6RsElwF667BdMPH4wnaD7DG1NSGRTcVHNyzqS5cleUT4kbGjeTeOBUlunzQ&amp;share_app_id=1233&amp;share_author_id=6655419077890375685&amp;share_link_id=F7CD0529-9EF3-4233-BCDD-C027DC71EA8D&amp;tt_from=copy&amp;u_code=d4g10j170221gj&amp;user_id=6655419077890375685&amp;utm_campaign=client_share&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_source=copy&amp;source=h5_m&amp;_r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amirahsackettofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amirahsackett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/amirahsackett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13289,"template":"","country":[],"class_list":["post-13300","participant","type-participant","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amirah Sackett - CEC ArtsLink<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cecartslink.org\/participant\/amirah-sackett\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amirah Sackett - CEC ArtsLink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An internationally recognized hip-hop dancer, choreographer, and teacher, Amirah Sackett explores and embodies her Muslim American identity through combining hip-hop movement and Islamic themes. 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