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POETIC RECOVERY
Finding Self Through Words Phrases And Frequencies
Mission: Develop cultural events , artists, and platforms to disseminate conscious messages and facilitate connections via virtual communities and in person via cultural and civic engagement workshops, events, that encourages healing from traumas stemming from exploitation and oppression of Black culture that has manifested in the self destruction of our bodies, minds, and communities.
PURPOSE:
POETIC RECOVERY’s purpose is cultural healing. It encourages and supports healing and recovery via offering alternative spaces and methods of cultural expression. The goal is to address the emotional, spiritual, cultural, and social damage caused by externally induced, self-destructive images derived from cultural exploitation and appropriation of Black culture by the entertainment industry. Poetic Recovery seeks to encourage healing from trauma and strives to create communities safe from all forms of violence while encouraging civic engagement as a way to heal from political and systemic oppression in all our communities.
POETIC RECOVERY provides physical and virtual spaces and hosts cultural events that encourage cultural expression free of cultural appropriation and exploitation to encourage and build healthy cultural representations of those from oppressed and impoverished communities. Poetic Recovery is committed to developing spaces where artists and community members can express, promote, and communicate past and present experiences freely as an aid to their recovery and connect to others to build a supportive cultural recovery community.
Poetic Recovery has a fiscal agent Hip Hop Congress.
Hip Hop Congress 95-4822739
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This page is for those who are members of Poetic Recovery, come to our events in Western, Ma and need access to supports. That's not to say I will not do my best to get you information, I have to be honest with me and you about the capacity to give informational support that is recovery based. There will be a link below to ask questions and once I get the questions I will respond with an email referring you to programs that can give you the supports you need or assist you further.
Please fill out click here the following referral form so we can get you the information you seek.
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Darlene Elias
is a writer and poet from Western Mass. She is a Hawaiian Boricua, Anti Colonial Feminista, who uses literature, poetry, and spoken word to elevate and validate her experience as part of the diaspora living in the U.S. She is the Co Founder of the Writing Sisters, a collective of BIPOC & LGBTQ women who meet twice a month to share and grow their skills as literary artist and have a positive impact in the community. Her vision is to bring the joy of writing to other women like herself. Darlene grew up poor in the barrios of the South Bronx and Holyoke. This is what makes her who she is today. She is currently working on her memoir and a poetry collection.
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