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JUNE 27-JULY 1; JULY 4-8, 2018 LOG SHEET #2 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER NAME: Linn / Mark RECORDER NAME: [[Strikethrough]] [[illegible]] [[/Strikethrough]] FILE NAME: A&E 1-0498.wav RECORDER 2 NAME: [[?]] FILE NAME: 2-0087.wav PRESENTER: Alexis DeVeaux STAGE: Ateneu GROUP NAME: SESSION TITLE: Words That Build a Movement - Sister Pride [[2 columned table]] | PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Alexis Pauline Gumbs | Local Poet Writer | | Roya Marsh | Local Poet | | Venus Thrasher | Local DC Writer | Importance of poetry as communication with world around you. Giving a voice to all and also the practice of writing poetry to the practice of telling the truth Marsh ~ Poem Thrasher ~ Rap Poem ~ police continue to murder black people Black joy is the scale itself Once you see black joy, you're never going back Gumbo ~ her mention is June Jordan - I must become a menace to my enemies." her favorite line Poem based on the life Above Call & Response - I must become the action of my faith (fate?) Q: What do you do with the words Trump puts out from Friday evening to Monday morning - more disturbed by the meaning than the words - embrace poetry as a method to counter resist