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SF Weekly

The State of the Nation, in Verse

YBCA's 2017 Poetic Address to the Nation hosts poets to respond to Trump and create culture.

Recently, Michelle Lee, a spoken-word poet who goes by Mush, was invited to go perform for a former economic adviser for Hillary Clinton. 

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KQED

Oakland Appoints Cultural Affairs Commissioners After Nine-Year Hiatus

The commission, inactive since 2011, will advise city officials on policy affecting the arts, and advocate for the Cultural Funding Program (CFP), which awards $1 million to local artists and nonprofits annually. Its revival marks another step in the city’s fitful efforts to buoy the arts.

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VOGUE

7 Nonfiction Books to Change Your Life in 2018

In 2018 more than ever, it’s important to remember that mental health, mindfulness, and intention should be tended to just as much as your winter skin, or your beach body. And we’re lucky to have a wealth of new books to help focus the mind and bring some peace, clarity, and wisdom to our daily routines.

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Press Release

Oakland Cultural Affairs Commission Re-Established 

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Berkeley.edu

BC2 2019 speaker profile: Michelle “Mush” Lee on the deeper connections across our lives.

“Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.”
― Chimamanda Adichie

I am a storyteller. I am a poet. I am a stepmother and birthmother. I am a cultural movement worker and healing-informed activist, whose commitment is to an embodied ethic of justice and joy, wherever I am invited in.

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EastBay Express

First Friday, the Movie

It was probably only a matter of time before someone made a movie about First Fridays — the monthly event is, after all, a deeply cinematic affair, a fairly perfect encapsulation all of Oakland's contradictions…

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