Trusted Family, Friends, Teachers, Artists, Organizations, Political
leaders, Church, and all believers in the importance of youth in our
community;
TWIN CITIES YOUTH THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
This year we will be heading to Washington DC in July. We welcome your support by attending the Semi Final at Central High on Fri Feb 22 and the Semi at the Capri Theater on Mar 1st and the Big Final on Mar 21st or choosing to sponsor a poet's trip to DC.
WAYS YOU CAN HELP
1.A financial sponsorship now by mailing in a check to support the production of the DVD for Twin Cities Public Radio (TPT) Funds still need to be raised and this broadcast opens our art form up to hundreds!!! Make checks to Springboard for the
Arts/ in memo line write MNSWA/ Quest…Mail to Quest 1224 Quincy St.
NE Suite 140, Mpls 55413
2. Agree to Host a house party on any night in the coming weeks -invite a few people you know could make a donation and we bring
the poets to perform. Or you could email 10 of your closest friends or
co-workers and ask them to contribute then mail the checks in to us.
Sponsorship Benefits $500 -5000
• Listed in all materials for next season as a Quest Sponsor
• Acknowledgement at events and in materials and welcome back event
• Knowing that you helped a youth's dreams come true and supported the
path of their positive growth
The Quest for the Voice Poets, an amazing group of multi-cultural writers and performers from urban Minnesota high schools, give voice to an art form that honors and brings forward stories, experiences, dreams, convictions and perspectives often silenced by the dominant culture.
A free-will offering to support the poets' trip is being accepted.
On behalf of our Quest production team, we invite you to
dig into your wallets, to help support the effort of Quest for the
Voice group and encourage our Minnesota youth to build bridges with
other youth nationally and even with some international groups. The
investment will be well worth it! Consider this a life-changing
opportunity for a group of aspiring poets, artists, politicians,
leaders, entrepreneurs, preachers! This is a chance to show them you
care. All donations are tax deductible.
Quest for the Voice-- is one of most incredibly successful and always anticipated Youth Slam Qualifying Series to determine the team that will represent Minnesota at the Youth Speaks-- Brave New Voices-- International Youth Poetry Slam Festival each year. But more than that it is a program that celebrates youth voice, leadership and empowerment! Tons of people from the community come together each year to make it possible from teachers, to community leaders to aritsts, to press, to youth and more. Each year competition rounds are held all across Minneapolis, St. Paul, the burbs and other areas with hundreds of youth competing at a chance to make the qualifying team of 6. This year's series, is produced by the MN Spoken Word Asssociation (MNSWA) along with youth and adult community producers.
In 2005, Juno Collective and MNSWA partnered to take the first Minnesota Youth Slam team to the Brave New Voices-- in San Francisco, which featured over 35 youth slam teams from all over the country, and as far as Leeds, England––and included over 500 youth poets, and audiences of over 3000. The Minnesota contingent made a splash at Brave New Voices, with their fiery poems and dynamic energy. The experience was profound and life-changing for both the youth and the adult mentors, and upon returning, they decided to continue their partnership to build the program, so that the youth of Minnesota would continue to share in this experience.
In 2006, the Quest for the Voice-- Youth Slam series reached over 200 youth in nearly a dozen Preliminary Slams, two Semi-Finals with 20 poets each and a standing room only Finals.
This year's Quest for the Voice-- team was decided in March '07.
If you would like to support the Quest for the Voice-- team's trip and remaining expenses from Brave New Voices-- or the TPT broadcast, for what is unarguably A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE! you can send a tax-deductible donation to the address below or contact:
mnswa.mail@gmail.com or sha.mnswa@gmail.com | 612-288-9491.
Quest for the Voice
1224 Quincy Street NE
Box 140
Minneapolis, MN 55413
FINALS AT THE RITZ THEATER
April 9th 6pm
345 13th Ave NE (Near corner of 13th St. & University Ave)
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413
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Cost:$5/7
Youth / students 13-19 years will participate in this slam. 6-9pm. The series is a leadership series interested in young leaders who are interested in using the pen and word as their weapons. Each slam has 5 judges that score poems based on content and performance. This Final features the top 20 poets that have moved forward from the semi finals. Team travels to Chicago in July. Practices are months of May+June. Each member raises/contributes $100 towards costs of trip...all else is raised by MNSWA/QUEST. Must be available for working collaboratively, once a week practices, key fundraisers, and conference in July. Direct questions to sha.mnswa@gmail.com about series or Tish Jones . Top finalists for this FINAL will have been notified of well in advance. Names will also be posted here weeks prior. Arrival for all qualifying poets is 5pm. Poets arriving late will jeopardize their slot ...as it may be given to an alternate on standby. List is cut off at 5:15pm. No excuses :(
SPOKEN EXPLOSION @ Walker Church
03/28/2009 7 PM
MNSWA/ Quest’s Big Benefit. An evening of Spoken Word -Exploded! You dont want to miss this! Details forthcoming-Mark calendars now!!!
check out www.myspace/machouseenterprises and www.machouse.webs.com for info, videos, pics. Also, tune into Diamond Mind Radio Every Monday 4pm-6pm. Just call 917-803-4197 to listen from your phone. Hosted by yours truly Rodney "October" Dixon. Thanks and Blessings!
Desdamona & Tish Jones' "2nd Annual Birthday Bash"
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at The Blue Nile Restaurant
2027 E. Franklin Ave. South Minneapolis, MN 55404
Doors open at 9p Show starts at 10p
18+ event
$5. 00 at the door
Featuring: Desdamona, Tish Jones, Truthmaze, Ashley
Gold, Immortal, Jay-Linen, Jesse Mandell-McClinton,
Katana, & DJ Mix. well!!! It's A Party!!! Come Have Fun!!!
Hope you have the date on your calendar...Fri April 3rd...The Varsity Theater...the Urban Griots Spoken Word awards show..and official National Poetry Month 09 kickoff.. Performances by ...Hyder Ali, Edupoetic, Bao Phi, J. Otis Powell, Ibe Kaba, Palabristas, Karma, Marie Chante, Chantz, Lady Lit, Tish Jones, Marie Chante and more. $3/ Its gonna be HOT!!!! MNSWA
YO YO YO!!!! The youth are AMAZING, FRESH, DOPE, ILL, beyond what i could have ever imagined them to be. I am so inspired and blessed that i got a chance to experience saturday!!! I will see all at the finals of the 21st!!!!
COME TO SOUL SOUNDS OPEN MIC THIS THURSDAY, JULY 26TH FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN 2 FREE TICKETS TO SEE DWELE LIVE IN CONCERT AT TROCADEROS ON AUGUST 5TH!!!!! You must be there by 9:30pm to enter so don't be late!! Check the Soul Sounds page for more information. See ya there!
Here it is..the wonderful cover..and the tracklist. its 60 min long with collaborations with members of the justice league of brown poets called Palabristas!
A few surprise interludes..makes this a must have!
Desconocidos Tracklist
Intro
Desaparecidos
Brown in White Town
I Cross Borders
Soy Chicano - larrylucio.com
Mixed Emotions by Brandon Lacy Campos
Red Queen by Lorena Duarte
These Hands
Land of the Incas
Inmigrante
Suspects
Monarch Butterfly
Condor’s Wing (live)
Isabella
Revolution in Mind
Anti-war Poem by Emmanuel Ortiz
Where Are You From?
I Cross Borders ( live)
At Times
Healing
Outro
and don't forget..the FREE ALBUM RELEASE SHOW ON JUNE 22nd!
'City Smells' is a new literary project set up by the Edit Red Writing Community.
We are running three writing competitions, Flash Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction and Poetry, all with the theme 'City Smells. The winners of each of these competitions will win $100. But more than this, we will take the best work from each competition and compile a paperback 'City Smells' anthology. The writers who make it into the 'City Smells' anthology will each receive free copies of the book and be paid a royalty in book sales.
To submit to these competition and stand a chance of being published in the 'City Smells' book you must be a member of Edit Red, as the submission process is automated. Joining Edit Red and entering these competitions is 100% free. If you make it into the book, we will pay royalties based on book sales.
Edit Red has existed for many years and was created and is still managed today by non-fiction author Alan Emmins, creative writing teacher Chris Lee Ramsden and literary reviewer Sean Merrigan.
If you are not already a member, we hope you will join and take part in this great literary event. Sign up here for free!
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