nghiemthepoet:

thekriis:

My favorite part of my SPOP experience. I don’t know why but this always makes me choke up

Hey that’s me! Susan, we should do this again sometime!

Here’s an Uncultivated Rabbits throwback poem with Nghiem Le and Susan Diep!

[ Posted on 5.5.12 / 10 notes ]
Tags:   #uncultivated rabbits    #spop    #uc irvine    #nghiem le    #susan    #spoken word    #poetry    #love

spokenwordonthestreet:

Not Your Erotic, Not Your Exotic

mehreenkasana:

Suheir Hammad speaks for all women of color. Listen to this right now.

This goes out to every single colored women in this world. You’re beautiful, you’re powerful. Nobody’s toy to fuck around with.

word.

[ Posted on 4.30.12 / 182 notes ]
Tags:   #spoken word    #poetry    #napowrimo    #suheir hammad

dapoetrylounge:

” What I’ve Learned” by Aja Monet. 

LAST DAY OF NAPOWRIMO!

Watch these 8 minutes of straight truth…

[ Posted on 4.30.12 / 6 notes ]
Tags:   #spoken word    #poetry    #aja monet    #napowrimo

forWord Feature TONIGHT: “Pass the Mic: Reclaim Your Roots” at UC Irvine

The Asian Pacific Student Association (APSA) is presenting an annual spoken word and hip hop showcase/workshop event called, “ Pass the Mic: Reclaim Your Roots.” Through a fusion of spoken word pieces and hip hop, we hope that participants and the audience will be reminded of their roots and we hope to give them a space where they can reclaim their identity as Asian Pacific Islanders or People of Color. In addition, we look forward to collaborating with spoken word and hiphop artists from different areas of California. This event is free and APSA invites all students and the community to come out to witness the raw power of self-expression.

In addition we will also have a mini workshop on how to get into spoken word and hip-hop by our special guests and collaboration with Uncultivated Rabbits and Hip Hop Congress.

Special Guests: forWord, Hoodini and King, and many more!

GOING DOWN TONIGHT, APSA of UCI has invited us back to our alma mater! Stephanie and Eddy will be holding it down for forWord. We will be sharing the stage with the one and only spoken word organization that brought us altogether, Uncultivated Rabbits. Previously from APAAC earlier this year, Hoodini and King are back to show y’all their love for Hip Hop!

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/374572835915410/

Free event at the UCI Cross-Cultural Center from 8 to 10 PM!

[ Posted on 4.27.12 / 1 note ]
Tags:   #apsa    #forword feature    #hip hop congress    #hoodini and king    #uncultivated rabbits    #roots    #culture    #asian-american    #hip hop    #poetry    #spoken word    #uc irvine    #uci    #cross-cultural center

Reflection: PELA’s Our Fight to Stay

On March 30, 2012 USC’s Partnership for an Equitable Los Angeles hosted a community poetry night at the Mercado la Paloma that forWord had the pleasure of performing at.  The night was filled with issues concerning gentrification, displacement, power and autonomy for vulnerable communities, empowering the voiceless, organizing and social justice.  The two major issues PELA highlighted that night was the Walmart trying to move into Chinatown and Trayvon Martin.  Two issues yall should educate yourselves on if you don’t already know.

Mark and I were the only two available to make this event. We performed our Asian American group piece (AAGP), which is usually done by all four of us, Mark performed “Struggle”, and I performed “Take Back the Night”.  Not going to lie… it was very strange doing AAGP without Eddy and Stephanie but as Mark AS Barney would say, “challenge accepted”.  It definitely sounded different (maybe because we are used to hearing it a certain way) but we tried something new and got our message across.

It was a poetry night so it was mostly poets but there were a few musicians as well and all contributed to the amazing vibe that night.  It was great to share the stage with some familiar faces like Cara and Sandy of common ground, traci of Tuesday Night Project Tuesday Night Project, and Damon Turner aka Real8.

Thank you to Cecilia for the invite and the rest of the PELA crew for putting together the show and creating space for the community to come together and educate each other.

-sd

[ Posted on 4.19.12 / 1 note ]
Tags:   #PELA    #usc    #poetry    #chinatownla    #trayvon martin    #community