OPEN MIC THURSDAYS continue. Join us on ZOOM for our virtual Open Mic. Hosted by poet Nia McAllister, join us for an evening of spoken word, featuring amazing poets and musicians from throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Participate or just watch. Everyone is welcome.‍

Join Zoom Meeting

‍https://moadsf-org.zoom.us/j/87042870531?pwd=Y2hZcytyZStQQ0c3UTFjODlTQUhEdz09

Meeting ID: 870 4287 0531

Passcode: 206891

All interested performers, please sign up to read using the form below. Audience members, just join the zoom link below to attend:

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‍Our Featured Poet: Gabriel Cortez

Gabriel Cortez is a Black biracial poet, educator, and organizer of Panamanian descent. His work has appeared in The New York Times, National Public Radio, Huffington Post, The Rumpus, and The Breakbeat Poets Anthology Volume 4. He is a VONA fellow, #BARS workshop alum, NALAC grant recipient, and winner of the Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize.

Gabriel is a member of the artist collective, Ghostlines, and co-founder of The Root Slam, an award-winning poetry venue dedicated to inclusivity, justice, and artistic growth, as well as Write Home, a project working to challenge public perceptions of houselessness and shift critical resources to houseless Bay Area youth through spoken word poetry. Gabriel works as Director of Programs at Youth Speaks, one of the world’s leading presenters of spoken word performance, education, and youth development programs.

Funding has been provided by  California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.