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Semaj Brown, Flint Poet Laureate, Author and Educator

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Flint Poet Laureate Semaj Brown gives a fascinating reading of her environmental injustice poems. Poet Semaj Brown shares stories of working with the child victims of the Flint Water Crisis. Brown is on a mission to help heal the trauma victims in Flint, Michigan.
Semaj Brown is an amazingly accomplished woman who is a poet, author, playwright, and educator; she was named the first poet laureate of Flint, Michigan, in 2019. In 2021, she received an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship.
During her time as Flint's first poet laureate, she has taught children to write poetry at Flint's Freeman School, helping adults who privately write poetry as a form of healing and spreading the good word about the value of the literary arts across the Flint area.
In this podcast episode, she reads two of her amazing poems. Her poems focus on Flint and social justice issues. They address issues of loss and empowerment.

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This podcast episode is dedicated to the memory of Joseph M. Snow of Lansing, Michigan. Joe passed away on November 10, 2022, after a long illness. Joe was a lawyer, labor activist, and long-time member of the Lansing area Peace and Justice Coalition. He was an advocate for the working class and social justice issues. He was very fond of Semaj Brown's poetry.

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Flint Poet Laureate Semaj Brown gives a fascinating reading of her environmental injustice poems. Poet Semaj Brown shares stories of working with the child victims of the Flint Water Crisis. Brown is on a mission to help heal the trauma victims in Flint, Michigan.
Semaj Brown is an amazingly accomplished woman who is a poet, author, playwright, and educator; she was named the first poet laureate of Flint, Michigan, in 2019. In 2021, she received an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship.
During her time as Flint's first poet laureate, she has taught children to write poetry at Flint's Freeman School, helping adults who privately write poetry as a form of healing and spreading the good word about the value of the literary arts across the Flint area.
In this podcast episode, she reads two of her amazing poems. Her poems focus on Flint and social justice issues. They address issues of loss and empowerment.

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This podcast episode is dedicated to the memory of Joseph M. Snow of Lansing, Michigan. Joe passed away on November 10, 2022, after a long illness. Joe was a lawyer, labor activist, and long-time member of the Lansing area Peace and Justice Coalition. He was an advocate for the working class and social justice issues. He was very fond of Semaj Brown's poetry.

-----

You can learn more about Semaj Brown and her poems by:

---

If you would like to receive new podcast episodes by email please subscribe on our Home Page. All new episode are Free!

πŸ‘‰ Subscribe to Radio Free Flint Podcasts at The Mitten Channel:

  • YouTube Full catalogue of podcasts for Radio Free Flint, Flint Justice: America on Trial and Work in the Mitten

Subscribe to our mailing list at the Radio Free Flint Podcast.

Also Follow us on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Linkedin.

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