World Workshop #15: "BE HEARD! SPOKEN WORD FOR ACTIVISTS" + Dinner

4/28/13 @6:00 pm in CSUF Hum 123.

This event is part of The Left Bank's "World Workshops" Series.

Today's theme: BE HEARD! Spoken Word for Activists

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/7/0/6/event_221598182.jpegEducation is being cut. Racial profiling is running rampant. Wars wage abroad, seemingly without end. There is an endless attack on our civil liberties. Poverty and hunger increase daily. How will we speak for social justice in our communities and around the globe?

Be Heard! Spoken Word for Activists focuses on the importance of freedom of expression and connecting the personal with the political. Students learn how to incorporate spoken word within the culture of their activism; cultivating an environment in which all are free to share the issues that concern them.

Learn how to write poetry that reflects the call and response structure of protest chants. Develop confidence in your beliefs and deliver your list of demands via poetry with passion, intelligence and swag.

Workshop leaders:

http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/3/6/8/event_221601352.jpeg DAVID A. ROMERO
David A. Romero is a proud Pocho/Chicano spoken word artist from Diamond Bar, CA. He is the host of Between the Bars Open Mic at the dba256 Gallery Wine Bar in Pomona, CA. Romero has opened for Latin Grammy winning artists Ozomatli and Latin Grammy nominated artists La Santa Cecilia. He has featured alongside Taalam Acey as well as with a number of HBO Def Poets. His work has been featured numerous times on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles. Romero's poetry deals with identity, family, social justice issues and the intermix of suburban and Latin@ culture. He has been praised by Gabriela Fresquez, co-host of the nationally syndicated TV program LatiNation. “[David A. Romero is] a passionate truth-seeker who represents the Latino community with pride and a refreshing sense of humor.” Visit his website: www.davidaromero.com for more!

http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/4/4/4/event_221601572.jpeg MATT SEDILLO
Matt Sedillo is a two-time national slam poet, grand slam champion of the Damn Slam Los Angeles 2011 and the author of For What I Might Do Tomorrow published by Caza De Poesia in 2010. His poetry has been published in anthologies alongside the likes of such literary giants as Amiri Baraka, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Hircshman and Luis Rodriguez. Sedillo has been a featured performer on KPFK 9.07 FM on seven separate occasions on three separate shows, twice on Radio Free Atlanta 8.93 FM, and was featured in a story that appeared in the Los Angeles Times. Visit his website: www.mattsedillopoetry.com for more!

This FREE workshop is sponsored by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, and the Left Bank of Orange County. Web Site: https://www.meetup.com/The-Left-Bank-of-Orange-County/

Contact: Hélène Domon, hdomon@fullerton.edu or Steve Jobbitt at sjobbitt@ (sjobbitt@fullerton.edu)fullerton.edu (sjobbitt@fullerton.edu)

After the workshop, we will have dinner at a restaurant in Fullerton. Details later.

Cost: The workshop is FREE.

Directions and Parking: From FWY 57, take Nutwood Exit to the west. Make a right on Folino Dr. and an immediate left into Parking lot F. Drive around the curve and park close to Humanities building, which is the tallest building near the parking lot, with a beehive-like wall pattern. Parking is free on weekends.