Creative communities play a key role in these transformative times. Slam Poets and Spoken Word Artists contribute in unique and powerful ways, communicating through performance art and unique expressions of time and place, intercultural and intergenerational, from the grassroots, authentic, timely, and current, reaching beyond geographical boundaries and cultural identities and across traditional demographics.

The Poetry Slam for Peace is not a competition. It is a showcase featuring artists from around the world reflecting the many communities that are part of shaping peace together. Here are a sample of Poetry Slam for Peace videos from various prior years, and a two-minute video review of the 2020 Poetry Slam for Peace program: https://vimeo.com/user/107914935/folder/21704368?isPrivate=false

The Poetry Slam for Peace has demonstrated proof of concept as a unique, one-of-a-kind event, readily scalable, with content that can be re-purposed on different media formats for years after the original broadcast. Our progress over the past seven years has allowed us to build a presence as part of a global community. We have a video library of over 50 Poetry Slam for Peace videos, have created a series of BIPOC artist-designed posters, greatly enhanced our production capabilities, and have access to distribution platforms with global reach. Now, the Poetry Slam for Peace has momentum to scale and to expand our outreach, going back to its roots as a live in-person showcase.