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Poetry Pop-Up: The Silenced Stories

Saturday August 20, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
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Explore connections between place, nature, community, and self through poetry writing in this drop-in program, guided by Seattle’s Civic Poet, Jourdan Imani Keith. Stop by the poetry pop-up table and learn how to write memorable lines inspired by the images in Ansel Adams: Masterworks and Perspectives on Place: Photographs from Here.

This program is co-presented by the Black Heritage Society of Washington State.

For accessibility support, please contact programs@mohai.org.

Details

  • Date: Saturday August 20, 2022
  • Time:
    1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
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Venue

  • MOHAI
  • MOHAI - 860 Terry Ave N
    Seattle, WA 98109 United States
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  • Phone (206) 324-1126

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Cost:
Free

Speaker Bio

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Jourdan Imani Keith

Jourdan Imani Keith is Seattle ARTS’ 2019- 2022 Civic Poet. Her Orion magazine essays, “Desegregating Wilderness,” and “At Risk” are featured in the Best American Science and Nature Writing Anthology. The founder of Urban Wilderness Project, Keith leads its “RU An Endangered Species*â„¢ campaign. A recipient of the 2018 Americans for the Arts award, her TEDx Talk, “Your Body of Water® became the theme for King Sounty’s 2016-2018 Poetry on Buses program.