Essential Truths reading, Thursday July 22

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ESSENTIAL TRUTHS Anthology Reading

Thursday, July 22 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  Free

[THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT HOSTED ON ZOOM; NO IN-PERSON GATHERING AVAILABLE.]

Information & RSVP 

Key Presenters

Invocation by: Rafael Jesús González, Poet Laureate of Berkeley

Readings and presentations by (listed alphabetically):

• Adrián Arias, Peruvian visual artist, poet, performance artista
• Avotcja, poet, musician, DJ at KPOO and KPFA radio 
  
• Clara Hsu, Chinese American poet, director of Clarion Performing Arts Center 
  
• danny ryu, Asian American healer and poet,
• Darzelle Oliveros, Filipinx poet, student at City College of San Francisco
• Dianne Leo-Omine, Chinese American writer and culinary arts consultant 
  
• Elmaz Abinader, Lebanese American writer and poet, co-founder of VONA/Voices 
  
• Kelechi Ubozoh, Nigerian American mental health and anti-racism writer
• Karen Seneferu, African American artist and curator, founder of The Black Woman Is God project 
  
• Sandra Bass, essayist, UC Berkeley Associate Dean & Director of the Public Service Center
• Shirley Huey, Chinese American poet, writer, and zine editor
• Shizue Seigel, Japanese American writer, artist, editor of Essential Truths  
  
• Sridevi Ramanathan, Indian American writer and scholar in women’s spirituality
• Susana Praver-Pérez, poet, Assistant Medical Director, Clinica de la Raza, Oakland 
  
• Tiny (aka Lisa Gray-Garcia)  poverty scholar, journalist, poet co-founder of Poor Magazine 
  
• Tony Aldorondo, Puerto Rican American poet/performer 
  
• Tureeda Mikell, poet, storyteller, poet in the schools 
  
• Wanda Sabir, journalist and educator, Wanda’s Picks radio show 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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