Lead facilitators and co-founders of JustWrite, Diahndra Grill and Carlos Contreras, join us live to talk about the program and share some pieces from past and current JustWrite participants.
If you missed the live show on 3/25, you can tune in here:
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http://bit.ly/XBQP5m
MDC Pod Performance
Manifesto
Never silent
We lived so hard
And so authentically
We decided
To Write our lives
My fellow poets
Our hearts shake the world
A constant tremor
We heard the call
And chose not to remain
Silent
Now they have our
Hearts in their hands
This is how we pulled them
Into The Conversation
No wrong
Just Write
More…
We have all different levels of interest and participation when it comes to performing works in our workshop. However, we believe and can feel the collective heart and respect that our writers have for presenters, both themselves, and their peers. WE have MM in our workshop. He will be leaving us soon – he has always written, but seldom would read; however, that changed recently; we were so happy he blessed us with some of his heart before he heads on to life “on the outs.” Good luck, MM, we are here for you.
A poetry reading from a student at Georgetown University.
View more poetry readings in our Media Gallery.
For the full story, visit
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2927455.shtml?
The Lead Facilitators of the JustWrite Program, Carlos Contreras and Diahndra Grill, would like to give a special thanks to the Albuquerque MDC for making this project possible and allowing it to flourish. Thanks also to Wendy Jason and Jiva Manske at Georgetown University for co-facilitating a write exchange between MDC and Georgetown. Thanks to Adriana Ramirez de Arellano for collaborating with JustWrite and allowing Interns to work with us from the Feminism In Action course at the University of New Mexico. Lastly, we’d like to give a big thanks to the talented writers and artists who have chosen to be present and share their voice in this project; you inspire us.
There is no wrong, just write.
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