Saturday, February 25, 2023

Hosted by Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Tshaka Menelik Imhotep Campbell!

11:00am-12:30pm
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Rhea Carmon is a poet, motivational speaker, teacher and the founder of the 5th Woman Poetry Collective. She is the author of several chapbooks, including Let the Sun Shine In (Iris Press, 2022); Through the Clouds (2019) and Solar Flares (2015). She has directed the 5th Woman On Stage since 2015 and created the 5th Woman Fellowship in 2017 to mentor poets. Her awards include the 2019 East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame for Poetry and 2017 Community Shares Award for Artist of Change. Rhea is the first African American Poet Laureate of Knoxville, TN. During her service, she wrote a spoken-word symphony and performed Vivaldi Reimagined with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. She is constantly using poetry as a conduit for inspiration and creating space for conversations about current issues of social change and justice.