25 Jul DecolonizingTheMind: SingantaAndBraveNewVoices
Hafa Adai,
Just wanted to give you an update and share some pictures from Team Guam’s trip to Brave New Voices in Chicago. If you don’t know, BNV is an international youth poetry event featuring teams of youth poets from all across america and the United Kingdom. This is the first year that Guam was represented but we came in too late to take part in the official BNV slam. We were able to take part in workshops, and meetings for both the youth and the mentors/coaches. John Sarmiento and J Rae Tedtaotao took part in one of the Open mic events called Peoples Champion where they managed to make it to the semifinals. We were given an opportunity to do a feature poem before the start of the 4th and final round at the BNV Finals Slam. We did a team piece titled Joke. Basically, it’s a call to Obama to bring us the change he has promised everybody and for the u.s. to stop treating us like a joke. We got a standing ovation from about 2,000 people. John, J Rae, and Shane Salas did great job representing Guam on that stage.
We would not have been able to make it to BNV if it wasn’t for your support. So, from Team Guam and Sinangan-ta Outreach, SAINA MA’ASE and THANK YOU!
Kie. Mel. Fanai. John. J Rae. Shane.
Sinangan-ta Outreach
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