516 WORDS: Queer in Color
Date: 2023-10-26 18:00:00 – 2023-10-26 19:30:00
Free.
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516 ARTS, in partnership with The Syndicate ABQ and UNM African American Student Services, presents a poetry reading spotlighting diverse voices and celebrating the kaleidoscope of the queer experience. Curated by acclaimed poet J. Gourdin, the evening provides a platform for identities to converge and communities to connect It includes a DJ and hor d’ouvres, courtesy of The Syndicate.u00a0
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Monice Aguilar was born and raised in Albuquerque New Mexico. She is currently a student at the University of New Mexico, pursuing a degree in the medical field. One of her major passions is writing and interacting with poetry among her community. She enjoys performing spoken word poetry and hopes to compose a short collection of personal poems in the future, that center around the black identity and black female experience.
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Sierra Dedmon is a first-year student at the Universityu00a0of New Mexico. She originally is from Portland, Oregon but is proud to now call New Mexico home. Sierra is passionateu00a0about archiving her growth as a writer through poetry.u00a0
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Darius James is a freshman English major at the University of New Mexico. He moved to New Mexico from Lakewood, Washington to pursue a higher education. Darius has been writing since he was 15 and has cultivated the ambition to pursue a level of mastery in all forms of writing but especially poetry and narrative storytelling.u00a0
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Curating the program, J. Gourdin is a spoken word poet, equity instructor, and creative scholar.u00a0Their writing is inspired by vignettes of Black homelife and explores the power of belonging. J is a PhD student at the University of New Mexico bridging their poetic efforts with the field of Sociology.
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