The National Association for Poetry Therapy PresentsVIRTUAL OPEN MIC NIGHT!With Featured Poet: Cadence McCracken
When: December 4, 2022 7:00 PM-8:30pm ESTWhere: ZoomHost: Jenna RobinsonRegistration: https://poetrytherapy.org/event-5044864
Members-FreeNon-Members-10$
All Participants are invited to bring one poem to share
Cadence McCracken is recovering slam poet, multi-modal creative, and Expressive Arts Therapist trainee. She is a Grand Slam Champion, National Poetry Slam semi-finalist, has represented two cities at four National Poetry Slams, coached 3 teams at NPS, and is a two-time Individual World Poetry Slam competitor. Cadence has performed, competed, and taught spoken word poetry at high schools, universities, poetry slams, mental health agencies, rallies and prisons across 13 states. She has been published in What Are Birds, Underground Voices, and Calliope. Her performances have appeared on Write About Now and SlamFind. She is currently working with LGBTQ+ and HIV+ clients in San Francisco during her practicum year while enrolled at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Any spare time she has is devoted to trail running, and she is currently training for her first 50k Ultramarathon.
Hosted by Jenna RobinsonNational Association For Poetry Therapy
About Iyaba Ibo MandigoIYABA IBO MANDINGO is a painter, poet, writer, actor and playwright, ArtsCollaborator, Artist Advocate, and Arts Educator. He came to the United States from his native country of Antigua as a young boy. Iyaba owes his love of the arts to his mother, a trained singer, and his grandparents, atailor and a seamstress who first introduced him to colors and patterns, paving a path to the many ways of expression. Iyaba studied fine arts at Southern Connecticut State University and today, teaches in and around the tri-state area as a Master Teaching Artist. Iyaba currently resides in Bridgeport, CT where his art gallery -9104- serves as a workspace, classroom and a creative hub. Autographed copies of Iyaba’s chapbooks are available at: www.iyabarts.com
Hosted by the Inclusion Equity and Social Justice Committee National Association For Poetry Therapy
PRESENTED BY: NAPT’S INCLUSION EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
When: Sunday 12/18/20222 PM -3:30 PM EST Where: ZoomCost: Members-FreeNon-Members-Donation appreciatedRegistration: https://poetrytherapy.org/event-5044853
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