SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
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** INDICATES TICKETED EVENTS
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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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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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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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