Maroon Poetry Fest

June 30, 2018 | Liberty City, Miami | Grassroots poetry festival honoring arts + activism, past and present

[Morgan Janine M. @ListenUpMo]

Eddie Glaude Jr. gave the most important breakdown of racism in America on TV today

[Community Justice Project @cjpmiami]

More stats for #evictionshow: Miami-Dade ranks 3rd worst in US when rents are compared to salaries. Residents of Little Havana for example have an avg income of $21,099/yr - $1,758/month. Yet the avg 1BR apt rent is $1,450, 3x more than what's considered to be affordable. #P4P

[Maroon Poetry Fest @MaroonPoetFest]

This the crew!! THE EVICTION SHOW. #PoetryforthePeople #ArtistsAgainstDisplacement #PeopleOverProfit

[FANM.org @FANMOrg]

Please join "Our Basel" on Sunday, December 9th, 2018, at 9:00 p.m. For more information please contact [email protected]. #OurBasel @MarleineBastien @aja_monet

[Maroon Poetry Fest @MaroonPoetFest]

Catch The Eviction Show tonight! Voices: Poetry for the People will be taking the truck around the streets to tell the sordid story of Miami's housing crisis. #ArtistsAgainstDisplacement #PeopleOverProfit #OurBasel @aja_monet @smokesignalsMIA

[Maroon Poetry Fest @MaroonPoetFest]

Miami-Dade is the nation’s 5th most unaffordable housing mkt — 49% of all households, or 419,000 households, pay over 30% of their income on housing. Severely cost-burdened renter households comprise 56.3% (or 135,591) of all cost-burdened renter households (240,575) in MDC.

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

"I'm a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people's lives." —Ntozake Shange, RIP (1948 - 2018) https://t.co/7usMCWHo0l

[Maroon Poetry Fest @MaroonPoetFest]

What a profound loss. We were so very lucky to have been able to touch some of Dr Shange's shine before she left us. We are deeply saddened by this news and send her loved ones our condolences and love. Rest in power, Dr Ntozake Shange, you inspired us all.

[Ntozake Shange @NtozakeShange1]

To our extended family and friends, it is with sorrow that we inform you that our loved one, Ntozake Shange, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning of October 27, 2018. Memorial information / details will follow at a later date.
The family of Ntozake Shange

[NY Taxi Workers @NYTWA]

NYC BECOMES FIRST CITY IN THE NATION TO REGULATE APP DISPATCH COMPANIES!!! This victory belongs to the yellow cab, green car, Uber, Lyft, black car and livery driver who united in our union to fight for justice! READ OUR STATEMENT https://t.co/UmhSuIcPJU

[J Thompson @PricelessblackJ]

Maroon Poetry Festival #maroonpoetryfestival #TheLastPoets y’all it has gone down @ Belafonte TACOLCY Center https://t.co/lCsjyd3Hwf

[Jason Jenkins @jasonljenkins]

#maroonpoetryfestival

[blackgirlwrites @SuzeGuillaume]

OmG #maroonpoetryfest was beyond amazing! Check out this little queen reciting her poem. 🤗