CD Release Party

pstrongbThe Po’Poets Projectbr /br / a project of POOR Magazinebr /br / C.D. Release Party br /br / and benefit... cause POOR is in fact PO’/bbr / /strong/p pDIV align="left" TABLE cellpadding="5"TR VALIGN="TOP"TDIMG SRC= "../sites/default/files/arch_img/524/photo_5_supplement.jpg" //td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TD/td/trTR VALIGN="TOP"TDTR VALIGN="TOP"TD pby PNN Staff/p pThe Po’ Poets Project©br /br / are...br /br / Poets in Poverty br /br / using the Word br /br / to HeaL..EducatE.. br /br / on how to SurVivE..br /br / ThRivE and StaYbr /br / AlivE br /br / Through Race and br /br / Classbr /br / OpPressioN/p pThe Po’ Poets Projectbr /br / a national spoken word projectbr /br / because until low and no incomebr /br / adults and youth get to tell their stories..written by thembr /br / in their own voice- we will not be able to make change happen/p pbCome to celebrate the Po Poets Project’s first CD release!!!!/bbr /br / With Guest Hip Hop artists: The Prophets Of Rage br /br / D.J.SAKE ONE -Sppinnin Sounds of Resistance...br / and MmmmmCcceeee;Lateefah Simon /p pThere will be Food, Music, Rap, Baile,(Dancin) and Ed-U-Ka-Shun!!! br /br / All Ages Welcome!!! All Voices Heard!!! br /br / Open mike to Speak Back TO all “waRs” on Communities of Color and Low and No income folks locally and globally - /p pThe Po’Poets are: low income mothers and children, elders, hipHOP artists, poor youth, youth of color and folks, speaking back to race and class oppression through poetry and spoken word..../p pDonation $10.00-$20.00 at the door (No one turned away for lack of funds)br /br / CD’s on sale at the event-br /br / bwhen:/b7:00pm Saturday, November 10th 2001br /br / bwhere:/b@ The LAB artspace @ 2948 16th street at Capp st in the Redstone Bldg (1 block below Mission street) in Friscobr /br / For more information or to sign -up to read, sing or learn call tiny@POOR Magazine br /(415) 863-6306 /p pThe Po’ Poets are: George Tirado, Tiger Walshe, Jewnbug, Mari, Tanyica Simmons, Ananda, Leroy Moore, Dharma,Tiny, A. Faye Hicks, Anna Morrow, Leroy Moore, Belen, Joseph Perryman, Joseph Bolden, Dani Montgomery, Aldo Della Magiorra, Taisol Lopez, Marlene Sanchez, Helen Campbell, and “Tita” and special guests from The Homeless Prenatal Program, Coalition on Homelessness, Center for Young Womens Development, Youth Speaks, 3rd Eye, and more..... /p pAll proceeds go to the Po' Poets and to support POOR Magazine, a non-profit grassroots arts organization providing media access, creative arts and vocational education to low and no income communities locally and globally.../p p The CD production was made possible in part from support by The Friedman Family Foundation, The Themis Fund of The Tides Foundation, The Creative Work Fund, The SF Arts Commission, The California Arts Council, Raising Our Voices Program of Media Alliance and the help of all our supporters and subscribers!!/p pbEach week preceeding the Release Party we will be featuring the work of three Po'Poets. To find the entire collection of local and national Youth and Adult Po' Poets, click on the Po'Poets Project Button on your PNN pagebr / /b/p/td/tr/td/tr/table/div/p