Brooklyn Poets Summer Virtual Showcase

Join us for our summer Virtual Workshop Showcase on Monday, August 19th, at 7:00 PM (ET) as teachers Gbenga Adesina, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Starr Davis, grace (ge) gilbert, I.S. Jones, Miller Oberman, Ramya Ramana and Rachelle Toarmino read from their work and personally introduce readings by their students, along with students from other workshops. Free and open to the public.

Student readers include Isabel Acevedo, Amogha, Rachel Betesh, Francis Bogan, Megan Bracher, Richa Nagar, Simone Parker, Christian Paulisich, Valeria Pedraza, Maiya Pittman, Veronica Puente, Summer C.J. Wrobel, Henie Zhang, ivan zhao and Mary Zhou.

Note that by attending this event, you agree to abide by our code of conduct below. Brooklyn Poets reserves the right to dismiss from our programs any participant found to be in violation of these policies.

Closed captioning will be available and the text of readers' poems will be screenshared during the event. For more information and to request additional accommodations, contact us at bkp@brooklynpoets.org

Brooklyn Poets Code of Conduct

Brooklyn Poets will not tolerate any instances of discrimination, harassment or abuse in conjunction with any of our programs. Respect and consideration for others, both within and outside our programs, are core values to be upheld by all participants. Discrimination against and/or harassment of community members on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, religion, age, marital status, veteran status or any other factor is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Program participants are expected to adhere to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Should a board or staff member, independent contractor, volunteer or program participant be found to violate any aspect of the organization’s code of conduct, Brooklyn Poets reserves the right to dismiss them from the program. Consequences may include, but not be limited to, dismissal from the current activity, suspension, ineligibility for all future activities, and/or loss of payment or fees. If you have any issues to report, please do not hesitate to contact anyone on our Conduct Committee and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Interim Director r kay: kay@brooklynpoets.org
Board Director Emily Blair: emiblair@gmail.com
Board Director Miller Oberman: miller.oberman@gmail.com