DJNBC -- Poetry & Creative Writing Workshop for Black & Disabled Youth
About this Event
In this warm, inviting and communal session, Disability Justice Network BC is thrilled to welcome Black, disabled youth to explore the power and beauty of poetry and storytelling, alongside acclaimed Vancouver-based poet and spoken word artist Brandon Wint.
This session is part of DJNBC's project, where we seek to learn from Black, disabled youth about their experiences in the classroom, and their lives as students. As such, this session intends to help young people harness the tools of poetry and narrative in order to write creatively and passionately about their own lives.
** Youth who participate in the session can receive an honourarium of $50.
About The Facilitator:
Brandon Wint is an Ontario-born poet, spoken word artist, educator and filmmaker based in Vancouver. For more than a decade, Brandon has been a sought-after touring performance poet, having shared his work all over Canada, and internationally at festivals and showcases in the United States, Australia, Jamaica, Latvia and Lithuania. Brandon Wint's poems and essays have been published in The Ex Puritan, Event Magazine, Arc Poetry Magazine, and Black Writers Matter, among other places. Divine Animal (Write Bloody North, 2020) is his debut collection of poetry. In recent years, his films have screened at DOXA documentary film festival and Reelworld Film Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival Centre.
About The Education Project:
The Education Project intends to explore racism and ableism, seclusions, suspensions and expulsions in schools as it relates to Black students with disabilities across British Columbia. This project will lead to the creation of an advocacy toolkit for Black students with disabilities and their families.
Where is it happening?
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