The 100,000 Poets for a Change Reading in El Valle
Well, there weren't 100,000 poets at the McAllen event....
but! That didn't mean we didn't enjoy ourselves.
Here's Daniel's write up on the event. I'll share, since, well, I'm lazy to do my own.
Readings for the first-ever 100 Thousand Poets For Change (www.100TPC.org)--a global event focused on social change--were held on Sept. 24, 2011 at over 700 events in 95 countries. This event set a world record as the largest poetry reading in history. In the coming days we'll be uploading documents--such as photos, fliers, and poems--that will be archived by Stanford University, in recognition of significant Web-based events; i.e., Stanford archives important Web sites for posterity.
The Rio Grande Valley focused on environmental issues and protesting the proposed expansion to the Border Wall. We had a cozy crowd, but it allowed us to make new friendships, make new connections, and start conversations about future collaborations between artists, activists, organizers, teachers, and advocates.
Our readers included Katie Hoerth, Kate McSwain, Kamala Platt, Tiffany Anderson, Erika Said, Jose A. Cardenas, Rossy Lima, Monica Ramirez, and Daniel Garcia Ordaz--local event organizer.
We met at the McAllen Creative Incubator. The audienc also included Chris Pauley, a metal sculptor from Washington State now in the Valley, Rachel Udow, Kenton White, Lynn Brezosky, Gerald Padilla, Michael Gerleman, Sandra Cano, Cheli Sierra, and Alan Padilla, among others. Lady Mariposa was also with us, in spirit, along with several other poets who weren't able to make it due to previous committments or other issues. We will definitely be back again next year!
Special thanks to Jamie Tabak and Sunfish Records for your support.
Michael Rothenberg, global event creator, has already decided to begin planning to make this an annual event. Join us!
but! That didn't mean we didn't enjoy ourselves.
Here's Daniel's write up on the event. I'll share, since, well, I'm lazy to do my own.
Readings for the first-ever 100 Thousand Poets For Change (www.100TPC.org)--a global event focused on social change--were held on Sept. 24, 2011 at over 700 events in 95 countries. This event set a world record as the largest poetry reading in history. In the coming days we'll be uploading documents--such as photos, fliers, and poems--that will be archived by Stanford University, in recognition of significant Web-based events; i.e., Stanford archives important Web sites for posterity.
The Rio Grande Valley focused on environmental issues and protesting the proposed expansion to the Border Wall. We had a cozy crowd, but it allowed us to make new friendships, make new connections, and start conversations about future collaborations between artists, activists, organizers, teachers, and advocates.
Our readers included Katie Hoerth, Kate McSwain, Kamala Platt, Tiffany Anderson, Erika Said, Jose A. Cardenas, Rossy Lima, Monica Ramirez, and Daniel Garcia Ordaz--local event organizer.
We met at the McAllen Creative Incubator. The audienc also included Chris Pauley, a metal sculptor from Washington State now in the Valley, Rachel Udow, Kenton White, Lynn Brezosky, Gerald Padilla, Michael Gerleman, Sandra Cano, Cheli Sierra, and Alan Padilla, among others. Lady Mariposa was also with us, in spirit, along with several other poets who weren't able to make it due to previous committments or other issues. We will definitely be back again next year!
Special thanks to Jamie Tabak and Sunfish Records for your support.
Michael Rothenberg, global event creator, has already decided to begin planning to make this an annual event. Join us!
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