Author: peacepoet

Peace Poets explore culture and use Spoken Word poetry and Hip Hop to connect the personal with the political and open a dialogue with inspiring and vulnerable energy that is often missing from many spaces. The goal of The Peace Poets is for communities to see themselves and each other as creators of beauty and…

(Photo by www.jayesphotography.com.) The Peace Poets are family born of Hip Hop, heart, and hope in New York City.  Some have been friends since as early as three years old and over time they have built an artist collective of poets, Hip Hop performers, and educators founded on this friendship and their common love for…

The workshop takes on a Freirian and Boalian approach to explore education through experiential knowledge and collective creation verses what is merely academically validated. It focuses on trust building and truth sharing as a foundation for creating meaningful relationships and as a stepping stone to begin writing and sharing our experiences through spoken word. Participants…

by A-B-E of The Peace Poets The children led us as we sang and marched from Chicano Park towards Downtown, San Diego, CA., demanding the US government abolish the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) established by President George H. Bush in 2003, to stop Operation Streamline from being established and launched in San…

Participants will study liberation artists and explore varying perspectives on gender and sexism, racism, and issues of social relevance that are of interest to them. Participants will share interpretations and reflections, and translate them into fresh rhymes! This series is an invitation into a journey of self reflection. We will study the self, and share…

What is unique about The Peace Poets’ educational experience is that they incorporate their activism and the struggles of current liberation movements into their curricula. The Peace Poets’ experiences participating in the Black Lives Matter Movement, protecting the water with Standing Rock, supporting those affected by the 2008 housing crisis, and the struggle for abolition,…

The Afghan Peace Volunteers and Luke Nephew of The Peace Poets Live from Kabul, October seventh, 2013 The 12th Anniversary of the United States War in Afghanistan. Today, As the war turns 12 Me and other Youth in Afghanistan worry we will not make it alive to visit our families for Eid, As the war…

LET GAZA LIVE with Liko Martin WE ARE NOT AFRAID / WHY WE WERE MADE OUR CHILDREN HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE FREE PALESTINE – THE MURDER OF OUR CHILDREN CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED OH PALESTINE YOU’RE NOT ALONE

The Peace Poets debut album, State of the Art, was engineered by Grammy Award recipient Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce, and it’s release was emceed by Toni Blackman and djed by Scram Jones. On their From The Ground Up Tour, The Peace Poets shared the stage with Jessica Care Moore and Denice Frohman. M1 of Dead Prez…

“These are most talented and inspiring young men with a mission to expose social problems through poetry and music. This episode includes several examples of their work. Do not miss this one and check out The Peace Poets.” “[PWIIGF] is a BCR series focusing on the committed and reverberating poetry of our times — produced…