The Poetic Address to the Nation was an event that brought together poets to speak out and against the current administration. The event featured poets Cam Awkward, Guillermo Gomez Peña, Michelle ‘Mush’ Lee, and many others to share pieces from immigration, to trans violence, to activism. Making Contact is rebroadcasting an abridged version of the event produced by the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Arts and Culture.

Featuring:

Young, Gifted & Black, Hadeel Ramadan, Michelle ‘Mush’ Lee, Guillermo Gomez Peña, Cam Awkard, Chinaka Hodge, Tassiana Willis.

For More information:

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

​U.S. Department of Arts and Culture

The 2017 Poetic Address to the Nation #PSOTU2017

Climbing PoeTree – We Survived

Music:

Show opener: ‘Prose,’ by Glass Boy

Show credits: ‘Blaster 47’ by Glass Boy

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