“Older Sister, Younger Brother” by Stephanie Sajor

This is a spoken word performance by Stephanie Sajor at the Anaheim Art Crawl Experience in Anaheim, CA. This is a fictitious account of a sister and brother which reflects on the nature of war and its power to both destroy and create.



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[ Posted on 1.18.13 / 1 note ]
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egana:

tortillapower:

***Practice What You Preach!***

Eddy M. Gana Jr.
“Everybody Wants to Be an Activist”

I just found his channel through his tumblr =)

I guess I’m not going to sleep anymore!

Thanks for giving a listen to my poem. Analyze, organize, mobilize!

(Source: youtube.com)

[ Posted on 1.8.13 / 14 notes ]
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“Untitled” by Mark Maza (Recorded Studio Performance)

This poem is from “forWord: Hear What We’re Saying,” which is part of a composed list of original spoken word poems recorded in the studio.

This is the first time we released a track off from our recordings. We only previously had this available at our live performances. More to come!

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[ Posted on 1.8.13 / 1 note ]
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egana:

#forWord reunion! Feels good to be back together and drinking poetry. Cheesecake Factory soon! @mangoforsale (at FiRE + iCE Grill + Bar)

We may not be active performing spoken word anymore, but we made time to hang out and enjoy each other’s company this Winter Break: The Hobbit; FiRE + iCE Girl + Bar; Cheesecake Factory at Gardenwalk, the place of forWord’s birth; and a late night random conversation in the car about TV shows, Scientology, and ghosts until 2 AM. What a great way to close out 2012 together.

egana:

#forWord reunion! Feels good to be back together and drinking poetry. Cheesecake Factory soon! @mangoforsale (at FiRE + iCE Grill + Bar)

We may not be active performing spoken word anymore, but we made time to hang out and enjoy each other’s company this Winter Break: The Hobbit; FiRE + iCE Girl + Bar; Cheesecake Factory at Gardenwalk, the place of forWord’s birth; and a late night random conversation in the car about TV shows, Scientology, and ghosts until 2 AM. What a great way to close out 2012 together.

[ Posted on 12.30.12 / 3 notes ]
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RAIZ Presents: 2nd Annual Culture of Resistance Workshops!

There’s nothing more we love than workshopping with the youth. It was such an honor performing for and teaching a workshop about spoken word and how it can be utilized as an effective tool towards activism with RAIZ earlier this year. It was the beauty and power of the community that made that conference so inspiring. 
 
Now, we have been invited back by RAIZ and we are extremely excited to collaborate again! We will be setting it off THIS Monday in Santa Ana!
 
RSVP at: https://www.facebook.com/events/106265429522540/

Spoken Word Workshop
Monday August 13th
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Presented by forWord

Explore the power of spoken word with Southern California’s own, forWord. This workshop will be an introduction to spoken word/ performance poetry as well as working on tapping into one’s emotions to express oneself and empower others to action.

***Stencils workshop - Tuesday
***Aerosol workshop - Wednesday

All workshops will be at:

El Centro Cultural de Mexico
313 N. Birch St, Santa Ana, CA 92701

Visit their website: www.youthinresistance.org

[ Posted on 8.11.12 / 1 note ]
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