Rise! Pochino Press/Spectrum Queer Media
Leg Two | 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 17. Club BNB

Event Description

The evening’s theme is proactive resistance. Oakland is going through immense change and many residents, both new and old, seek to engage in dialogues towards making our city a safe and welcoming one. Our readers explore how they define and redefine their own identities, informing broader conversations and community change.

Curator: Pochino Press/Spectrum Queer Media

Pochino Press publishes works from the intersections where cultures meet and form new sensibilities. Spectrum Queer Media is a social justice and media literacy/advocacy group that empowers LGBTQIA communities.

Event Readers

Blackberri

Blackberri is a singer and activist whose recognition includes induction into the Smithsonian Institute Folkways Recordings and writing the theme song for the first st National Third World Lesbian and Gay Conference.

Kin Folkz

Kin Folkz is the founder of Spectrum Queer Media and a lauded producer of effective social justice gatherings, screenings and community actions across the globe.

Mali

Mali is a multi-talented performer, earning accolades in arenas including singing, acting, and dancing. Among his accomplishments are co-creating the first theatre project addressing AIDS in the black community.

harold terezón

harold was awarded the San Francisco Foundation's James D. Phelan Award in poetry. He is writing his first manuscript Hunting Izotes, a poetry collection based on his family's immigrant experiences.  

Jair, The Literary Masturbator

Jair is a writer, poet, spoken word artist, vocalist, activist, and arts curator living in Oakland. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, print publications, online, as well as anthologies.

Mona Webb

Mona creates new platforms for lyrical creativity, music, visual art, and dance in all that she produces. Her most recent productions debuted in The National Queer Arts Festival.

Daniel D. Zarazua

Daniel is currently working on a book exploring Black and Latino communities in Taiwan. He draws upon a background that includes DJing, photography, and as a high school educator.

Monica Zarazua

Monica earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the UNLV. Her stories have been published in The Collagist, The Blotter and Asia Literary Review. She lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia