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June 2022 Untitled Open Mic and Youth Slam ft Youth Slam ft. Lowell Community Charter School 8th Grade Poets

The 1st WEDNESDAY is always UNTITLED!


WEDNESDAY

06.1.2022

6 to 9:00 pm ET


In Person -

Coffee and Cotton

Mill No. 5 250 Jackson St. No. 401 Lowell, Mass. 01852

/// Details ///

Free Admission

Food, Drink, and Merch for Sale

@ Coffee and Cotton

250 Jackson St. No. 401

Lowell, Mass. 01852

https://millno5.com/directions


AND Online! -

Virtually on Zoom and streaming on Facebook Live


/// About our Youth Slam ///

$50 Cash Prize. Youth poets (age 13 to 19) go poem to poem until the top scorer wins!

2 Rounds: All poets do one poem; top 2 poets do a second poem, head-to-head for the $50 prize.

Spaces go to the first 4 (yes, only 4 slots for this slam) poets to sign up...

If you are between the ages of 13 and 19 and interested in participating, please contact lowellpoetry@gmail.com

/// About our Feature ///

This event is a culmination of our month-plus workshop series at Lowell Community Charter Public School. We will be featuring the youth poets who ran the workshops, plus the 8th Grade students who participated. It will be part poetry slam and part showcase.


(In Person)

Stop by to share on the open and/or listen and enjoy…

6:00 pm: Sign up sheet available (for in person folks only at this time); Zoom opens

6:30 pm: Open reading begins; livestream to Facebook starts

Featured begins after open mic

9:00pm: Event wraps up, closing comments; stream ends



(Online)

Sign-on to share on the open and/or listen and enjoy…

6:00 pm: Zoom opens

6:30 pm: Open reading begins (stream starts on Facebook)

Youth Slam and Feature

8:30pm: All done! (stream ends)



/// ZOOM DETAILS ///

Time: Jun 1, 2022 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86859360528

Meeting ID: 868 5936 0528

Passcode: Contact us here for the passcode

Download Zoom: https://zoom.us/download

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(Volunteers Needed)

lowellpoetry.com

For more information please email lowellpoetry@gmail.com





/// Safer Space & Community Guidelines ///

We strive to foster a space of inclusivity and respect. We ask everyone to not bring (in no particular order) ableist, ageist, body shaming, classist, homophobic, misogynist, misandrist, racist, transphobic, oppressive language, attitudes, and actions at the space. We look to hold ourselves and one another accountable to creating a culture in which we treat each other with consent and respect. This includes but is not limited to respecting people's physical and emotional boundaries and receiving explicit verbal consent before touching someone or crossing other personal boundaries. If you are disrupting our safer space we will ask you to leave.

/// Guidelines /// (Online)

1.) Some best practices suggest being somewhere with minimal background noise and good lighting, use headphones if possible, and close any applications not being used on your device to improve Zoom quality.

2.) It is best to have your display on “Speaker View” to see the host and performer. “Gallery View” will allow you to see all guests at once.

3.) Feel free to add a name and pronoun into your display so we can say hello and know who is joining us. Keep in mind that this event is streaming publicly so take any precautions about sharing your identity.

4.) Guests could also have “Video” on or off, as that is optional.5.) During performances/readings the host will “Mute” all other guests.

6.) Guests are encouraged to show love and gratitude visually on screen or in the chat window.

7.) Please be respectful on screen and in the chat window - and acknowledge the space you can take up in this digital communal platform.

8.) Host will allow guests to un-mute after performances if they choose and able to out loud affirmations or gratitudes.

9.) Any conflicts to the safer space / community guidelines the host may remove you from the Zoom call. If you feel like you have been accidentally or wrongfully removed, please reach out to the organizers.






Please reach out to Ricky Orng or Douglas Bishop with questions regarding the open mic or slam.



“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Lowell Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”