About This Show

Poetic People Power will premiere a new show created for the International Human Rights Art Festival, using poetic storytelling to illuminate human rights abuses around the world. Spoken word artists include: Tara Bracco, Philippe Garcesto, Karla Jackson-Brewer, Langston Leguizamo, SM Manieri, Shetal Shah, Natalia Vargas-Caba.
Poetic People Power was founded by writer Tara Bracco in 2003 to create an ongoing project that combines poetry and activism. Each year, a diverse group of poets are commissioned to write new works about a political or social issue. The new poems are then presented to a public audience in a professional spoken word show. Poetic People Power raises awareness on specific topics and engages audiences through the expressive art of poetry.