These are photos I took during the Art and Activism panel that took place in Oakland, the week of the National Poetry Slam, August 10-15
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This sister opened kicked off the event with a couple of pwerful poems
Her reading brought out a lot of emotions..
This brother here followed up and showed that the poets assembled were no joke
Leroy Moore of Poor News Network held it down and reminded us that disabled folks have powerful voices that should be heard
This sister was on point with her spoken work
So was this brother from SF State
Ya gotta love how folks can set it off by rocking smart phones to read their prose.. Gone are the hand written notes.. Its all digital
Long time activist Sulaiman was on point with his heartfelt words..
Many of us in the Bay Area and Oaklamnd in particular know and love Cat brooks for all the police accountability work she does. many forget that she is a skilled actress and spoken word artist
Boston was all up in the building representing..
Philly was also in the building Black Lives Matter is the Universal call
loved this sister’s energy and passion
This elder stepped up and showed and proved Spoken word is timeless and has no limits..
The new generations gave us lots of hope for the future
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