The Oakland Poetry Slam ft. Asha Sudra

GANG! GANG! Join us as we return to in person shows! There will be music, a writing workshop, and Luka's top notch burgers! You should come eat, drink, and be merry. And of course, hop on our poetry slam list to flex your skills.

Your Feature for the night is Asha Sudra

7:00 PM Doors Open

7:20 PM Writing Workshop led by Reggie Edmonds (Zoom ID: 892 7981 8569)

7:30 Slam list opens

8:15 Show Begins!

About the Feature:

IN SANSKRIT MEANING HOPE AND SWAHILI MEANING LIFE

ASHA is an Artist, Educator, and Revolutionary.

Originally from LA, ASHA has been a public school teacher for the last 10 years in the bay area. She is an international poet, striving to use art to create radical change.

ASHA has been featured on the cover of Content Magazine in 2017, KQED Arts in 2018, and many of the prominent poetry events in the Bay Area, including LitQuake, San Jose Poetry Festival, the ILLlist and more. She has also been an active speaker, emcee, and performer at numerous rallies and marches for civil and human rights. Her Tedx in 2020 tells her own personal story of identity through poetry. She published Crawling in my Skin, in 2019, a Kafkaesque exploration of the mind and mental health through the metaphor of ants, which was featured by Brown Girl Mag in 2021. Her latest book release, Not Your Masi’s Generation is a memoir-like workbook that tackles mental health and healing from intergenerational trauma. Currently she is running writing workshops around themes of the book, and showing teachers how to use the book with students in order to support their emotional learning and see the bridge between academics, the arts and mental health.

In 2018 she was given the Hank Hutchins award by the Santa Clara County Alliance of Black Educators. She currently trains teachers throughout California on educational equity, policy and healing. She is also an adjunct professor at USF and SJSU in the teacher education graduate department. Her dream is to establish her own K-12 school rooted in restorative practices, art and social justice based standards.

ASHA consistently uses her platform to voice out against injustice and to speak up for those who have been marginalized and silenced for centuries.

General Admission: $10

Performers get in FREE! 12 sign ups for the slam! First come! First Serve! List opens 7:30pm

COVID Safety Precautions:

1) All Event Organizers will be masked and vaccinated

2) We are capping attendance at 60 individuals. Reserve your ticket through Eventbrite to ensure your admittance

3) We will sanitize the space and offer masks at the front door.

4) All attendees must show proof of vaccination and wear a mask. Those who bring their own mask will be entered in our raffle giveaway!

5) The writing workshop will simultaneously be available through zoom. (Zoom ID: 892 7981 8569)

Raffle:

Show up with a mask and you will be entered into our raffle! 5 individuals will win FREE drinks and 1 will win TWO FREE TICKETS to our next show!

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