[RAICES] voices for the voiceless

[Anaid Reyes 08]

You are cordially invited to the

8th Annual Voices for the Voiceless Historic Diaspora 

Spoken Word Poetry Concert and Festival

"LATIN LINGO, THE FUNKY BILINGUALS" 

Saturday December 1O, 2005 

>From 6:45 PM - 10:45 PM

Amherst College Keefe Campus Center

Front Room

Amherst Mass. 

Presented by La Causa, the Chicano Caucus and the Dark Souls Collective. 

12 Poetry Zen Masters on One Stage Giving you the Power of the Word, For One Night Only!Old School Music Provided by VDJ Batibiri of SPFLD Free Historic Event with Music, Food by La Veracruzana, Book Signing, and Live Album Recording. 

 

Featuring Poetry Gurus such as: 

 1. Louis Reyes Rivera

2. Robert Karimi

3. Giles Li

4. Jose Montoya

5. Jesus Tato Laviera

6. Roberto Vargas

7. Crystal Senter-Brown

8. Tonia Maria Mathews as Jahipster

9. Jaime "Shaggy" Flores

10. Mahogany Brown

11. Truth Thomas

12. and Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor

 

Attached are biographies of all participating Poets, and a flier for the event. We hope to see you there!  This poetry event features HBO def Poetry Jam poets, National and International Slam Poetry Champions, and this year's Historic performers and poets: teacher, poet, and cultural Leader Louis Reyes Rivera. This year "Voices for the Voiceless" will honor Jose Montoya, (one of the founders of the Chicano Literary Movement), Jesus Tato La Viera (a pioneer in Nuyorican literature), and Roberto Vargas (A celebrated Latino and Latin American poet, community organizer, activist, and diplomat) as the recipients of the Louis Reyes Rivera Lifetime Achievement Award.

 

 Voices for the Voiceless is a joint project among La Causa, the Chican@ Caucus, the Dark Souls Arts Collective, and various student organizations at Amherst College and the five college area.  The idea behind this project is to expose the five college area to the diversity, complexity, and Power of the national ALANA (African, Latino, Asian, Native American) poetry Scene. Voices for the Voiceless, will bring together 12 established poets on one stage, for an evening of literary and cultural entertainment. 

In addition to the poetry concert the festival will also include a panel discussion with poets Jose Montoya, Jesus Tato Laviera, Louis Reyes Rivera, Roberto Vargas, Shaggy Flores, and Tonia Mathews discussing Latino and African Diaspora studies and their relationship to the Spoken Word tradition. The lecture will take place at Pruyne Lecture Hall (Fayerweather 115) Amherst College at 6pm on Friday December 9, 2005. Reception to follow.  

For more information contact Ron Espiritu at rdespiritu at amherst.edu <mailto:rdespiritu at amherst.edu>  or 210 885-9088 

Thank you and we hope to see you there.  

La Causa and Chicano Caucus of Amherst College

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