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The Peace Poets are now offering sessions to compose songs with you! Do you have upcoming meetings, rallies, marches or actions? Could we make them even more inspiring with the power of original music?

“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 … Continue reading ““Poetry! What is it good for?””

The Peace Poets’ hip-hop and poetry about the power of the people has led them to the front lines of social movements around the world.Article by Loretta Graceffo for Waging Nonviolence

by A-B-E This Saturday, January 19th 2019, The Peace Poets will be joining the Women’s Unity Rally in Foley Square 10am – 2pm with staff and members from The Brotherhood/ Sister Sol. Women’s Unity Rally: https://actionnetwork.org/events/womens-march-in-new-york-city-official-chapter The Peace Poets have composed a number of movement music chants to be used this weekend and shared widely … Continue reading “Women’s Unity Rally 2019 – Foley Square 1/19/19”

by A-B-E I facilitated the second workshop of my Spoken Word Poetry residency with my young people in Queens yesterday. The residency serves a small group of high school teenagers, grades 10 – 12. I was so excited to share with them an excerpt that I had read in Elizabeth Acevedo’s latest novel, “The Poet X.” We … Continue reading “After: All The Things I Wish I Could Have Said.”

Photo by www.jayesphotography.com ? This Sunday check out The Peace Poets perform at 7:30pm at the Veteran’s Memorial Building in Ukiah, California!   http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/article/NP/20180816/FEATURES/180819928   Folks joining the “Song and Chant Leading” training at 3:30 – 5pm will be able to check out some of The Peace Poet’s latest music before the concert! ??✌️   … Continue reading “The Peace Poets – Concert @ Ukiah, CA!”

by A-B-E August 2rd – 5th, 2018, The Peace Poets performed at the Arise Music Festival at the Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, Colorado. 10,000+ folks were present for the gathering on the sacred ancestral grounds of the Ute People. Part of the intention f0r the Arise Music Festival was to ground ourselves in the idea that … Continue reading “The Peace Poets at Arise Music Festival!”

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 … Continue reading “Keep Families Together”

Do you like Spoken Word Poetry and Hip Hop? Do you know that your voice matters? Do you feel like you have something to say to the world? Join us as we explore the legacy of griots, poets, and artists who through oral traditions were the keepers of the culture, the speakers of truth, and … Continue reading “Spoken Word Poetry Peace Camp”

by A-B-E of The Peace Poets April 24 – 27th, 2018, I facilitated a professional development seminar, Hip Hop y Spoken Word Para La Intervención Social, at La Casa Encendida in Madrid, Spain. These spoken word poetry and Hip Hop culture workshops were designed for educators, organizers, and activists interested in creating art, building community, … Continue reading “Hip Hop & Spoken Word as Interventions for Social Change.”

by A-B-E of The Peace Poets Some use the words incapacitated or disabled to label and describe people who do not have the capacity to care for themselves or ensure their own safety therefore needing supportive assistance. I’ve reflected on those words after my workshop with Debajo Del Sombrero at La Casa Encendida in Madrid, … Continue reading “Debajo Del Sombrero Workshop”

by A-B-E of The Peace Poets Roughly a year ago, The Peace Poets were blessed to join the Immokalee Workers in Ohio and share our music, chants, and poetry with a beautiful community of brothers and sisters from around the country and the world to join in the struggle demanding the dignity of these courageous and humble … Continue reading “BOYCOTT WENDY’S NOW!”

by A-B-E of The Peace Poets November 9th – 12th, The Peace Poets arrived in Tuscon, Arizona to join families, artists, activists, educators, puppetistas, and organizers in song, prayer, celebration, vigils, and actions gathered for the SOA Watch Border Encuentro. It was beautiful to walk with family from Cosecha, Witness Against Torture, Veteran’s For Peace, Code Pink and so many others … Continue reading “SOA WATCH BORDER ENCUENTRO 2017”

Lyrics to our new single:   * The Last Emcee’s Verse * Everything you change changes you I’ll be damned if that ain’t true What you gonna do when life pushes you And even you think you’re through I’m an animal with a parable Careful, I got horns like a caribou I’m in my element … Continue reading “Parable of The Sower”

Mental Slavery (Lyrics) * Chorus * Look at what you made of me Brothers in penitentiaries Sisters Lost they self esteem Goddamn mental slavery 1st you break their spirits Then you take their minds Knowledge they won’t go near it Then you take your time Mental Slavery (What the fuck is that) Mental Slavery (I … Continue reading “Mental Slavery”

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 … Continue reading “Spoken Word Group Piece with The Afghan Peace Volunteers & Luke”

The sun has just set and we’re sitting in a circle on the floor. This is how we eat here. There’s ten men and five plates of food. Each plate shared by two hungry men. And tea. There is always tea. Tonight, dinner is good. We’re halfway through our five plates of potatoes and rice … Continue reading “Too Beautiful to Burn – Dinnertime Gunshots”