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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
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RECORDER 2 NAME: [[?]]
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PRESENTER: Alexis DeVeaux
STAGE: Ateneu
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SESSION TITLE: Words That Build a Movement - Sister Pride

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| 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