Here's What's Up with the 2nd Annual 100 Thousand Poets for Change

[100K Poets Making A Difference]

Thanks to Emily Sidley and Kate Barton at Three Girls Media and Marketing for the news release excerpt shared below. And thanks also to radio station WZAB , commentator Damali Adele Ife of 100TPC Jamaica and 100TPC co-founder Michael Rothenberg for the cool video.

  

“This grass roots movement has arisen largely due to the impact of social media,” said co-Founder Terri Carrion. “We’re really excited about the events we’ve got planned this year.”

 

There are hundreds of activities planned in the United States alone, including:

 

• A blues festival in New Orleans to help raise funds for medical care for aging musicians
• A concert of Tibetan music and poetry hosted by 100 TPC Free Tibet in Pasadena
• A concert in Nashville's Centennial Park featuring major local musicians
• An Occupy Wall Street poetry group will kick off a weekend of events in New York City
• An all day festival with multiple stages and over 50 poetry readings hosted by Beyond Baroque Cultural Center in Los Angeles
• A three-day event in Santa Rosa (near San Francisco) that will live-stream events from around the world and feature live poetry readings, workshops and various styles of music and dance including hip hop, flamenco, African drums, reggae and more (more info in the “What Else” section below)

 

Poetry and peace gatherings are also planned in strife-torn countries like Syria and Afghanistan as well. In Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, poets, musicians and mimes will perform in public spaces and theaters. In Kingston, Jamaica an entire week of concerts, spoken word performances, lectures and workshops will address literacy issues in the country.

 

100 Thousand Poets for Change began in Sonoma County, Calif. The headquarters’ event will take place at the Arlene Francis Center in downtown Santa Rosa and will feature live poetry readings, workshops and various styles of music and dance including hip hop, flamenco, African drums, reggae and more. The event will also live-stream other 100 Thousand Poets for Change events worldwide and is sponsored by the Peace & Justice Center and Sonoma County Arts Council.

 

Immediately following September 29th, all documentation on the 100TPC.org website will be preserved by Stanford University in California, which recognized 100 Thousand Poets for Change in 2011 as an historical event, the largest poetry reading in history. They will continue to archive the complete contents of the website, 100TPC.org, as part of their digital archiving program LOCKSS.

 

[Author-Poet Aberjhani]

A great post man. Thank you. It's amazing how the 100K movement is growing so steadily after just one year. Congrats to all involved.

Aberjhani