Join MoAD and Black Freighter Press for the second event in our four-week Community Voices: Poets Speak series. Featured poets Porsche Veu and LadiRev will share new original poetry written in response to the current exhibitions on view. They will also describe the processes of writing ekphrastic poetry in response to visual art.

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Every Friday at 5pm from January 12th-January 26th, different poets will read new work in the MoAD galleries. These readings and discussions culminate with an evening of performance by all the poets in this series on February 2nd.

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About the Poets

Porsche Veu (pronounced Por-shuh Vay-ooo) aka The Poetic Activist is an author, speaker, and artist from Oakland, CA. She has been invited to speak, perform, and teach in a variety of spaces including NAACP, Ted Talk, Apple, Google, Center for Independent Living, & Public Advocates. Passionate about faith, social justice, Black & women empowerment, and mental health, Porsche aims to bridge the gap between faith & social justice, create atmospheres for uncomfortable yet important conversations, and inspire others to tell their own stories through motivational speaking, workshops, poetry and music.

LadiRevolutionary (LadiRev) is an educator/spoken word artist from Bayview Hunters Point. Her poetry is a reflection of personal growth along with values learned from family and community. LadiRev is passionate about community, education, and healing. She is the host of Talkn Owt Da Side of Da Necc Podcast, which focuses on individual healing practices. She is set to release her first book, Heal, in 2023. “It only takes one person to make a stand but it takes a community to make a change”-LadiRev.

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This program series is presented in partnership with Black Freighter Press. Black Freighter Press publishes revolutionary books. They are committed to the exploration of liberation, using art to transform consciousness.  A platform for Black and Brown writers to honor ancestry and propel radical imagination.