Jamaican Poets to participate in Global "100 Thousand Poets for Change"

On 24th September 2011, poets in more than 500 cities in 95 countries will take part in the world's largest poetry reading in history.  There are already more than 600 individual events are scheduled to take place simultaneously that day.

In Jamaica, events are planned over a four-day period to be held at different venues.  The main event - Out of One Mic, Many Changes - will take place at the Moxons Beach Club Hotel, Ocho Rios on Saturday 24th September.  The following day, Street Dub Poetry Vibe will take place at various locations in New Kingston; and this will be followed by performances by local and international poets and musicians at Seh Sup'm Open Mic at Village Blues Bar, Kingston.  On Monday 26th September, youth poets and musicians will be invited to express through poetry the need to eradicate violence within local and international schools and communities.  On the last day, Tuesday 27th September, Poets for Change: Meeting of the Minds will be hosted for poets, musicians, artists, community leaders, and organisations to strategise and plan plan further poetry-related events which reach the wider population as well as bring about positive change in Jamaica.

Around the world, "100 Thousand Poets for Change" invites poets, writers, artists and community leaders to create, perform and educate in their own communities.  Within the overall framework of peace and sustainability, local groups have the liberty of deciding their own specifc areas of focus.

Recognising that 100 Thousand Poets for Change will be the largest poetry reading in history, the Stanford University in California will collect and archive all the material related to 24th September 2011 as part of their digital archiving programme LOCKSS.

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For more information, please see: http://www.bigbridge.org/100thousandpoetsforchange/.

The founder of "100 Thousand Poets for Change" is Michael Rothenberg, a well-known poet, songwriter, editor of the online literary magazine Bigbridge.org and an environmental activist.  He is based in Northern California.