About this Event
The People’s Poets is an open mic experience curated to amplify voices of color in the PNW. We aim to support both aspiring and established writers in our community with a platform to share their talents. We believe all writers of color deserve a safe space where their voices are not marginalized. The People’s Poets is a home for creatives and community lovers to feel inspired, validated, and poetically nourished. With the alarming rate of gentrification in the PNW it is crucial for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) poets to have a place to gather and embrace one another's voice, culture, and story. The People’s Poets is a safe space where everyone is welcome, but the mic is reserved exclusively for the BIPOC community. We are now hosted every second Sunday at Akadi!
This is an all ages event. Food and drinks will be available for purchase!
Tickets will be available for purcase at door if we sell out online!
About the feature:
Camille is a Portland, Oregon-based poet, fiber artist, and copywriter. Her poetry has been published in Black Fox Literary Magazine, Currency, Sundress Publications’ A Body You Talk To: An Anthology of Contemporary Disability, and was a finalist for the Frontier Poetry Industry Prize. Blood, Skin, and Water is her debut book. Camille has lived in Boston, Harlem, Paris, Long Beach, and (a true Sagittarius) is constantly fighting the urge to make another drastic change in scenery.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
AKADIPDX, 1001 Southeast Division Street, Portland, United States
USD 10.00