Celebrating Unity through Community Arts is a literary full-day workshop of performance poetry and literature. It includes readings, writing prompts and more. 1-2:30PM: Writing Workshop (Story of My Safe Space) facilitated by Mwikali Words. Mwikali Words is a poet, and the author of Love: Discovery, Recovery, and Relapse. She has also been published in Soupcan Magazine: Issue 3, and When Women Speak Poetry Anthology: Volume 1. Her stage performances include: Paterson Poetry Festival, Lincoln Park Musical Festival, and Newark Arts Festival. 2:30-4PM: Dream Diaries facilitated by Lisa “Rubi G.” Ventura Lisa “Rubi G.” Ventura (she/her) is a Washington Heights bred Black Dominican poet, essayist, teaching artist, and author of “Con qué papel me envuelves la luna?” A VONA alumni, her work has been published and showcased by numerous literary magazines, anthologies, and arts organizations. This arts program is made possible in part by a 2023 HEART (History, Education, Arts Reaching Thousands) Grant from the Union County Board of County Commissioners. This event takes place at Vauxhall Branch Library.
Date and Time
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
1-2:30PM: Writing Workshop (Story of My Safe Space) 2:30-4PM: Dream Diaries
Location
Vauxhall Branch Library of the Union Public Library 123 Hilton Ave, Vauxhall, NJ 07088
Fees/Admission
Free and open to the Public. Registration required: https://uplnj.org/event/celebrating-unity-through-community-arts-at-vauxhall-branch/
Website
http://: https://uplnj.org/event/celebrating-unity-through-community-arts-at-vauxhall-branch/
Contact Information
Debbie Walter, Adult Services Librarian, Union Public Library, at dwalter@uplnj.org to get on the mailing list
Contact Susan Justiniano for Spanish/ASL needs. rescuepoetix@gmail.com
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