Saturday will conclude with a Poetry Jam where the art of ‘truth-telling’ becomes a call to action. Three Master Class, award-winning poet-educators, Matthew Cuban Hernandez, Jessica A. Wilson, and Shonda Buchanan, will share firsthand experiences and empower us to write to transgress, to defend identity, and to transform learning spaces. This is a bold invitation to speak truth, challenge, and resist the forces that silence and erase us.

This event is a ticketed event; money will go to the CATE Hidden Gems Scholarship.

Shonda Buchanan