Welcome to Port Veritas! We meet every Tuesday night in person at the Equality Community Center at 15 Casco St in Portland AND online. We typically end by 9:30 pm EST, but we have the space until 10 pm EST.
In person friends, please remain masked in the building. If you are reading, you may take off your mask only while reading.
The ECC has an accessible ramp at the North entrance, and three low steps with railings at the front entrance on Casco Street.
You may use this link to join us virtually:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/893705103
Please feel free to sign up for our open mic upon entering the ECC or in the chat online!
Automatic closed captions are available online. Our feature's set list transcript will be made available for folks who need it.
Donations of 5 dollars or more are encouraged (Donations will be going to our funds for featured poets). Venmo @ MayaWilliams16, CashApp $williamsmay13, and PayPal at
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Our feature this week is Jelal Huyler coming to us in person!
jelal huyler is a biracial-Black poet (and devout lover of yamz)
who does not condone linear time.
/ he is the author of the book of poems,
A MAN WAS LYNCHED TODAY { GAME OVER BOOKS }
(
https://www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/a-man-was-lynched-today )
/ his voice and work have been included in the documentary Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity, which explores race and restorative justice in the United States
/ published individual works can be found in Drunk in a Midnight Choir, Likely Red Press, 580 Split, & The Change Agent _
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