The Berkeley Slam ft. D’dra White

THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM ON THE WEST COAST!

Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world every week since 1998, and third in the nation at the 2015 National Poetry Slam! 3rd place at Bigfoot 2023 and 2nd place at Bigfoot 2024 in Portland, OR.

We have a fantastic feature line up for all of you!

don't forget to check us out before the show for the writing workshop, led by our feature!

Doors open @ 7:00PM

Workshop Hosted in Person and Online @ 7:00PM

Poetry Slam SIGN UP LIST Goes out @ 7:15PM

?Workshop starts at 7:00PM on Zoom ID: TBA

About the feature:

D’dra White is many things. She is an Kearny Street IWL Fellow, NAACP Image Award Nominee, and the oldest grand daughter of the first Black mayor of Menlo Park in, California. Armed with a smile, and the knowledge that this is her calling; D’dra is an empath, using poetry and spoken word to tell the stories of those who forgot that they had a story to tell. At its core, her work is a love letter to the Black Experience.She has featured all over the United States and shared the stage with Prentice Powell, Shawn William, Sonya Renee Taylor, and other notable poets. She has performed along side musicals acts such as Tank and the Bangas, E-40, and Kendrick Lamar. Excerpts of her choreopoem “If You Give a Black Girl a Lemon” have been performed at The Public Theatre in New York and the Yerba Buena Center forthe Arts in San Francisco, Ca.

As a teaching artist, she has facilitated spoken word workshops at the elementary, middle, high school and collegiate level and presented at the Academic Education Research Association conference. She has also been the editor/curator of the poetry section of the academic anthology, Root Work Journal, since its inception.

When not on stage, D’dra can be found doing a multitude of things including but not limited to working as an Education Director for a Bay Area non-profit, collecting accessories, and dreaming herself free.Check out her work

Host or Publisher Rich Oak Events