#noyouthopenmic

We’re less than 2 weeks away from the 2018 @noyouthpoetryfestival • this festival is one of my greatest joys to put together, one of those “if you build it they will come” sorta things lol. I remember 4 years ago when we started @noyouthopenmic and thought no one would show up and here we are a few short years later with a festival and other schemes for young folks on the horizon 😍 YOUNG PEOPLE! Did you know you’re can preregister for Saturday’s workshops and guarantee you get your first pick at bit.ly/noypf2018 ? Don’t wait, register now! #NOYOM #NOYPF #NOYouthOpenMic #NOYPF2018

Of all the texts and messages I’ve gotten after winning the 2018 Women of the World poetry slam, the ones from the youth I work with have made me cry the ugliest. I always feel such swelling pride for them and their writing and their future trajectories and to know they feel proud of me right now is a feeling I want to hold onto for as long as I can. I’m honored that my first show after this title is featuring for the @noyouthopenmic before our Youth Poetry Festival happening April 18, 20-21st, 2018 🙇🏿‍♀️ hope to see y’all there, being a young person you know! #NOYOM #NOYouthOpenMic #FreeQuency #FreeQuencySpeaks #NOLAyouthpoetry #followyournola