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2020 Events

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​LOBA Reading Series
Date TBA
Ukiah Library
105 Main Street
Ukiah, California

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Love Fest, A Reading and Performance Series 
Co-curated with Sarah Rosenthal
Gualala Arts Center
July 25, 2020 POSTPONED








"Please Touch" Celebration at Artemis Gallery 

A Reading with Mary Burger (to celebrate her "Please Touch" Exhibit), Denise Newman, Sarah Rosenthal, and Carrie Hunter
January 26th,  4 pm
Oakland
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​2019 Reading, Performances, & Events

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"Legacy" Performed at Wolfman Books
With Andrew Choate and Kevin CK Lo
A Collaboration with Una Lomax-Emrick
December 28th 7 p.m.
Oakland

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Affordable Housing Happening
With Claire Blotter and many others
October 25th 1-3 p.m.
Downtown San Rafael
4th Street between A and D Streets



New Orleans Poetry Festival
With Ching-in Chen, Jennifer Firestone, Muriel Leung, and
Sarah Rosenthal

April 18-21, 2019
New Orleans Healing Center
2372 St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans



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AWP Off-Site Reading

With F. Douglas Brown, Sarah Rosenthal, Sawako Nakayasu, Paisley Rekdal, Valerie Witte
March 29, 2019 at 8:30 p.m
Daedalus Books (2074 NW Flanders Street)  in Portland

Art & Activism

TEA Club Co-Founder with Allan Gold and David Kover  (2016-present)
co-facilitate TEA Club (Teaching Acceptance and Equity), a social justice club on a middle school campus 


Human Rights & Equity Chair, Reed Union School District (2016-present)
advocate for equity within all aspects of the Reed Union School District
attended the CTA Human Rights Conference Conference (March 2019)

Poetry Contest Judge, Marin County (2012-present)
judge poetry events, e.g., Drake High Slam, Tam Slam, Mill Valley Library Slam,  Poetry Out Loud, etc.

Rotary Educator of the Year, Tiburon (2018)
recognized for social justice work in education

Arts Educator of the Year, Tiburon Arts & Heritage Foundation (2017)
recognized for introducing the Poetry Program and related curriculum to  Del Mar Middle School

Instructor, Downtown High School (2013)
worked as a teacher in an alternative high school in collaboration with ACT Theater, San Francisco

Poet-in-Residence, San Francisco Juvenile Hall (2012-2013)
taught creative writing classes for incarcerated youth ages 13-19

Poet-in-Residence, Marin Juvenile Hall ( 2009-2013)
taught creative writing classes for incarcerated youth ages 13-19

Interim Director, Small Press Traffic (2007-2008)
directed a nonprofit organization dedicated to experimental writing, particularly for underserved writers

Artist-in-Residence, Arts-in-Corrections & Prison Arts Project (2001-2008)
taught creative writing classes in California state prisons and county jails

Children's Cottage Co-op Board President (with Steven Emrick)
served as co-president for a cooperative preschool in Marin

Artist-in-Residence, Napa State Hospital (2003-2005)
taught classes in a state mental health facility

Artist-in-Residence, California Arts Council (2003-2005)
taught creative writing classes in underserved schools

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Artist-Teacher, California Poets in the Schools (1994-2013)
taught creative writing classes in underserved schools throughout California

Poets & Writers Bio

My twin Danna's
Social Justice Work

​Letters To Poets Website

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