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** INDICATES TICKETED EVENTS
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Thu. May 28 | 08:00 pm – 11:00 pm
In The Beginning… **
| Lula Lounge | 1585 Dundas St W. / Dufferin
Featuring:
Adrian Green (Barbados) | Britta B (Toronto) | El Jones (Halifax) | Winston Farrell (Barbados)
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Fri. May 29 | 06:00 pm – 07:00 pm
ACTION! Stage to Screen: Spoken Word in Film & Video
Harbourfront Centre | Studio Theatre  | 235 Queens Quay W.  

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Fri. May 29 | 08:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Griots Lounge** 
| Harbourfront Centre | Brigantine Room | 235 Queens Quay W.  
Featuring:
Ahmed Knowmadic | Andrea Thompson | Eddy Garnier | Kym Dominique-Ferguson |
Mahlikah Aweri | Shauntay Grant | Scruffmouth | Tanya Evanson


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Sat. May 30 | 09:00 am – 10:00 am
Opening Keynote
Harbourfront Centre | Studio Theatre | 235 Queens Quay W.   
Featuring:
George Elliott Clarke

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Sat. May 30 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Session 1 – Spoken Word & Education
Harbourfront Centre | Studio Theatre | 235 Queens Quay W.   
Panelists/Presenters:
Dasha Kelly | John Akpata | Deonte Osayende | Whitney French | Motion


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Sat. May 30 | 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Building Blocks: The Word on Community Engagement
Harbourfront Centre | Loft 1 | 235 Queens Quay W.   
Panelists/Presenters:
Mahlikah Aweri | Jaydamann  | Mtima Solwazi | Ahmed Knowmadic


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Sat. May 30 | 10:30 am –12:00 pm
Session 3 – Career Development: Taking Care of Business
Harbourfront Centre | MBCS | 235 Queens Quay W.   
Panelists/Presenters:
Eddy DaOriginalone  | Amani | Dwayne Morgan | Jamaal St. John
| Quentin Vercetty | Tanya Evanson



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Sat. May 30 | 12:30 pm  – 02:00 pm
Nia Presents: Urban Poets with a Purpose
Harbourfront Centre | MBCS | 235 Queens Quay W.   
Featuring:
David Delisca | Lola Bunz | Quentin Vercetty | Randell Adjei |Teddy Osei |
Whitney French



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Sat. May 30 | 02:30 pm – 04:00 pm
Spoken Word Fusion
Harbourfront Centre | Studio Theatre | 235 Queens Quay W.   
Panelists: 
Kat Francois (theatre) | Winston Farrell (theatre) | Rachael Collymore (music) |
Kym Dominique-Ferguson (film/video)



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Sat. May 30 | 02:30 pm – 04:00 pm
Speak the Change!  Spoken Word & Political Activism
Harbourfront Centre | MBCS | 235 Queens Quay W.   
Panelists/Presenters: 
El Jones | Jessica Care Moore | Scruffmouth | Yasus afari



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Sat. May 30 | 02:30 pm - 04:00 pm
Youth InterAction Co-creation Workshop
Harbourfront Centre | Loft 1| 235 Queens Quay W.   
Facilitators:
David Delisca | Ikenna Onyegbula 

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Sat. May 30 | 04:30 pm – 06:00 pm
Presenters Forum
Harbourfront Centre | Brigantine Room | 235 Queens Quay W.   
Panelists/Presenters: 
Kym Dominique-Ferguson | Tanya Evanson (Montreal) | Ikenna Onyegbula | Sergio Guerra (Ottawa) | Kevan Cameron ( Vancouver ) | Mtima Solwazi | Yasus Afari (Caribbean) | Randell Adjei,| Dwayne Morgan  (Toronto) | Dasha Kelly (US) | Kat Francois | Tuggstar (UK)



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Sat. May 30 | 06:00 pm – 07:00 pm
ACTION! Stage to Screen: Spoken Word in Film & Video
Harbourfront Centre | Studio Theatre | 235 Queens Quay W. 



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Jessica Care Moore
Sat. May 30 | 08:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Spoken World: Features **
Harbourfront Centre | Brigantine Room | 235 Queens Quay W. 
Featuring: 
Jessica Care Moore (USA) | Kat Francois (UK) | Yasus Afari (Jamaica)
| Ian Keteku (Canada) Ikenna Onyegbula (Canada) | Jamaal St. John (USA)


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Sun. May 31 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Griot Impact on Contemporary Diaspora
Harbourfront Centre | Studio Theatre | 235 Queens Quay W.
Panelists/Presenters:
Eddy Garnier | Adrian Green | Osei Alleyne


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Sun. May 31 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Vocal Poetry Pan-Americas
Harbourfront Centre | Miss Lou’s Room | 235 Queens Quay W
Panelists/Presenters:
Andrea Thompson | Itah Sadu |Mahlikah Aweri |
Hyf the GypsySun
| Yasus Afari | Rachel Collymore | Klyde Broox


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Sunday, May 31 | 12:00 pm – 01:30 pm
One Mic Groundations café   
Harbourfront Centre | Brigantine Room | 235 Queens Quay W.


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Sun. May 31 | 02:00 pm – 03:30 pm
Telling Our Story/Closing Keynote
Harbourfront Centre | Studio Theatre | 235 Queens Quay W.
Keynote\ Presenters:

Presentation by the Northern Griots Network, and closing keynote address by Lillian Allen


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