Poetry for Personal Power and the Yeyo Arts Collective will present 100,000 Poets for Change St. Louis! Saturday, Sept. 28 at GYA Community Arts, 2700 Locust Street, St. Louis 63103 (corner of Beaumont and Locust, one block west of Jefferson, one block north of Olive).
St. Louis’s own Poetry for Personal Power and Yeyo Arts Collective bring together a strikingly diverse array of poets and spoken word artists who will participate with thousands of poets from around the world, presenting simultaneously on Sept. 28 in a demonstration/ celebration of poetry, art and music to promote social, environmental, and political change.
Hundreds of cities representing over 100 countries are on the 100,000 Poets for Change map, participating through poetry readings, public demonstrations, community picnics, awareness events, parades, concerts, and more.
Come hear Aja LaStarr, who will serve as MC, along with Michael Castro, Shirley Bradley LeFlore, Ree Cee, Sylvia Woods, Maria Balogh, Aaron Williams, Matthew Freeman, X Blu Rayne, Anna Lum, Katie Bannister, Jason Vassar, Susan Spitfire Lively, Ruqayyah Bailey, Deborah Mashibini, JoyCe Blue, Outreach Poet Educators from the St. Louis Poetry Center and more!
Enjoy what might be the most diverse array of word artists presented in a single event this year: young, old, professional, first-time readers, academic, self-taught, widely published and spoken word/slam artists….. a sampling of all will be sharing their work. Free and open to the public! Donations to support the work of Yeyo Arts Collective encouraged.
For information email: dmashibini@gmail.com
