Noche de Poetas: Roots of a Revolution
April 27, 2023
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Join Mexican Students de Aztlán (MeSA), Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), Union for Puerto Rican Students (UPRS), and Native American and Indigenous Student Organization (NAISO) this Spring 2023 Semester for an OPEN MIC!
Don’t miss out on the remarkable talented poets as they share their own poetic words on this month’s theme: Feeding the revolution towards anti-colonial futures
Guiding Questions:
- What does liberation look like to you? What fuels your activism/revolution?
- What are ways to avoid becoming the oppressors in the fight for liberation of all peoples?
- How does education tie into shaping how we understand revolution and liberation?
Leading the night will be our featured poet: Luz Magdaleno Flores
Luz Magdaleno Flores is a Queer Chicana editor, writer, artist, and content creator based in Pilsen by way of Oxnard, California, also known as DJ Light of Your Vida. She currently sits as the Bilingual Editor for Sixty Inches From Center, is a Poet in Residence with the Chicago Poetry Center, and has published La Pera Chapbook, Bajito & Suavecito Foto Zine, Cultura Mexicana en Pilsen y La Villita Chicago, ¿SERIO? Zine, and edited the last six Brown and Proud Press Anthologies. Her words have been featured in the Chicago Reader, South Side Weekly, Canada's Broken Pencil Magazine, Xicanation.com, and Reverb LP.
For access needs or questions, email lcc@uic.edu or call 312-996-3095. Free and open to all audiences.
Date posted
Apr 7, 2023
Date updated
Apr 19, 2023