Our Indigenous Peoples Media Coordinator Our Indigenous Peoples Media Coordinator, Mari V. went to Denver with a group called the Visionaries that is doing a community project with the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Denver. She along with Marjorie Davis, and Louis Chapoose (White River Ute) held Art and Spoken Word workshops. The Spoken Word Workshops are based on POOR Magazine’s curriculum of the Slam Bio. The youth also recorded their poetry pieces and make a spoken word CD.
Slam Bios are short versions of a poet’s biography
Hayley Long, 9
Poetry Purple,
Sweet N Tangy
Fluffy like a teddy bear
Smell like a pretty flower perfume
Dog with baby cats
Ladybug
Playful Mind
Small town
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Mexican
I live with my mom, 2 brothers, and 1 sister
My room has two beds.
My bed has Winnie the pooh stuff on it.
I struggle with making friends.
Malik Turner, 11
Black and red
Smooth as polished wood
Smell like axe cologne
Taste like mixed berries
I'm hunting like a tiger stalking his prey
I am from Denver where everybody loves me
I come from a comedy family where everybody loves me
I struggle with math because sometimes it's hard
Also, I struggle with my dad drinking alcohol
Michael Churchill Jr.
Red
Soft as a teddbear
Smell like axe cologne
Taste sweet as sweet tea
Lion in the forest
I'm from a group of people that always love me from Denver
I live with my mom mostly and my dad helps me on the way and they both love me dad lives in an apartment, and my mom lives in a condo
I struggle most with my grandma smoking around me all the time
Jenessa Walgren, 5
Blue
Soupy
Smooth
Flowers
Brown Dog
Nebraska
Big Mountain
Workers
Muesum
Saying Echos in the Tunnels
The only word I remember saying is Gracias from my Dad.
My house is white and blue.
It is heater house.
There are 3 rooms.
My room is filled with Toys.
My grandma, mom, aunt and dad.
I like elevators.
I struggle with learning to ride my bike.