4th National APIA Spoken Word and Poetry Summit August 2, 2007

2007 APIA Spoken Word and Poetry Summit!
The 4th National APIA Spoken Word & Poetry Summit,
"first there was the word, then there was the fist,"
will be moved from New Orleans to NYC, August 3-5, 2007.

APIA Spoken Word & Poetry Summit Mission
to establish a national network of progressive artists involved in the APIA community
to challenge the often peripheral and passive roles the artist is branded within the APIA community and the arts community at-large
to acknowledge the arts as a critical, elemental component in building, empowering and transforming our community and our selves.

APIA Spoken Word & Poetry Summit Vision
We are out to spread the word, cipher with our ancestors and family, and cultivate our personal text into actions. The aim of the summit is simple: to learn to love our impending selves through the reflections, exchanges and stories of our Asian/Pacific Islander American community. Although we self-identify as APIA we simultaneously redefine the term to be inclusive of West Asian (Middle Eastern), South Asian, and Multi-Racial peoples. Participants range from youth workers, teachers, poets, organizers, actors, emcees, writers, artists, performers, history keepers to the future of Asian America.

The word is just the medium. What you put into this gathering is what you get out of this gathering. As contemporaries, our responsibility is not only to serve as each other’s peers but also as each other’s mentors. Make each moment count. Create connections. Break down walls. This summit asks for honest participation and unfiltered moments—moments so much bigger than ourselves, our self-deprecation, and our notions of community. We are building living history. We are part of a cultural continuum.

Friday, Aug 3
Summit Showcase (open to Summit participants only, closed to the public)
730p Asian American Writer's Workshop
(Koreatown: 34th St./ B/D/F/V/N/R/Q/W Herald Square stop)

Saturday, Aug 4
Summit Workshops
12 pm - 5p University Settlement Community Center (Confirmed)
(LES- Lower East Side: F/V 2nd Ave stop)

Community Showcase (Open to the Public, $10 for non-Summit)
8p-11p Judson Memorial Church
(West Village: W4 stop)

Afterparty
TBA

Sunday, Aug 5
Summit Community Meeting and 2009 Host "Bid"
12 pm - 3p University Settlement Community Center (Confirmed)
(LES- Lower East Side: F/V 2nd Ave stop)

CONTACT
To learn more about the history of the APIA Summit, and to access past websites please visit: http://www.bostonprogress.org/summit/home.html

Please email [email protected] for more information.

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