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style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: red">8th Annual Voices for the Voiceless
Historic Diaspora </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: red">Spoken Word Poetry Concert and
Festival</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: blue">Saturday December 1O, 2005 </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: red">Presented by La Causa, the Chicano
Caucus and the Dark Souls Collective. </SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: red">12 Poetry Zen Masters on One Stage Giving
you the Power of the Word, For One Night Only!</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: red">Old School
Music Provided by VDJ Batibiri of SPFLD </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; COLOR: black"><FONT color=#0000ff>Free</FONT> Historic
Event with Music, Food by La Veracruzana, Book Signing, and Live Album
Recording. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">Featuring
Poetry Gurus such as: </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">1.
Louis Reyes Rivera</SPAN><SPAN lang=FR style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">2.
Robert Karimi</SPAN><SPAN lang=FR style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=FR style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">3.
Giles Li</SPAN><SPAN lang=FR style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=ES style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">4.
Jose Montoya</SPAN><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=ES style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">5.
Jesus Tato Laviera</SPAN><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=ES style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">6.
Roberto Vargas</SPAN><SPAN lang=ES style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">7. Crystal
Senter-Brown</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">8. Tonia
Maria Mathews as Jahipster</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">9. Jaime
"Shaggy" Flores</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">10. Mahogany
Brown</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">11. Truth
Thomas</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red">12. and
Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">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.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> 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. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">In
addition to the </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: red">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.
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<P><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>For more
information contact Ron Espiritu at </FONT><A
href="mailto:rdespiritu@amherst.edu" target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>rdespiritu@amherst.edu</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> or
210 885-9088 </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Thank you and we hope to see you
there. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">La Causa and Chicano Caucus of Amherst
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