BLACK LIVES MATTER: Poems in Protest Facebook Live Stream
UPDATE: We were honored to host such an amazing event with Poetry in the Brew. For those who missed it or for those who want to watch again, you can find the event recording here.
The event features performances from 16 poets who helped define Nashville’s literary and spoken word community with their extraordinary work and leadership:
LINEUP
*Nick Bush (emcee)
*Caroline Randall Williams (Lucy Negro, Redux, Third Man Books)
*Dr. Destiny O. Birdsong (Negotiations, forthcoming from Tin House Books)
*Khaya Northcross (Southern Word)
*Henry L. Jones (Art Wire Fellow of The Porch Writers Collective & OZ Arts Center of Nashville)
*Tiana Clark (I Can’t Talk About the Trees Without the Blood, University of Pittsburgh Press)
*Ciona Rouse (Vantablack, Third Man Books)
*K. H. A. O. S. (Gideon’s Army)
*MAMA (Po’ Boys & Poets)
*C.A. Williams (@cawilliamspoet)
*Kat Marsh (http://www.lrdrkat.com/)
*Christian Collier (Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellow, 2015)
*Sommer Jade (https://thehtelife.wordpress.com)
*Frank “Frizzy” Sykes (https://frizzyproductions.com)
*Shondell (@the_electric_lotus)
*Jasmine Dominique (https://www.jasminedominique.com)
CO-SPONSORS
Poetry in the Brew (https://www.facebook.com/poetryinthebrew/) and Poetry in the Boro (https://www.facebook.com/PoetryInTheBoro/) will share the livestream event on their Facebook pages, with archived video available for later viewing.
DONATE
Black Voices Matter requests direct donations to
*BLM Nashville
https://www.paypal.me/BlackLivesMatterNash
*Gideon’s Army
https://donorbox.org/gideonsarmy
*Southerners on New Ground
https://database.southernersonnewground.org/donate.