{"id":276,"date":"2024-02-11T17:25:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T17:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/?p=276"},"modified":"2025-02-02T17:29:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T17:29:45","slug":"we-are-wordsmiths-a-community-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/2024\/02\/11\/we-are-wordsmiths-a-community-event\/","title":{"rendered":"We are WordSmiths: A community event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WE ARE WORDSMITHS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A Community Event<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the African diaspora, we are descended from kings and queens. We are also descended from griots. We come from an oral tradition vs. the western written tradition. Our griots knew the history and the legends; they were and are storytellers. As modern-day authors and poets, Al McFarlane, journalist and managing editor of Insight News, refers to us as \u201cwordsmiths.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of Black History Month, We Are Wordsmiths is coming to south Minneapolis. There is a myth that \u201cBlacks don\u2019t read.\u201d The following gifted and amazing authors featured at this event, who come from a diversity of genres, tell an entirely different story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tierre Caldwell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; T. Aaron Cisco<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Willie Dean<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sharon Botts Garth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; James Darnell Johnson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shayla Michelle Reaves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Anthony Walsh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mercedes (Mizz Mercedez) Yarbrough<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This community literary event and program will take place on Saturday, February 24 from 6:00 p.m. \u2013 8:30 p.m. at St. Peter\u2019s AME Church, located at 401 East 41<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;Street in south Minneapolis. In addition to our guest authors, we will also feature artwork by Vaughn Larry, handcrafted jewelry by DMchelle, and words from the Minnesota Black Authors Expo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We invite you to come out to meet and support our authors and vendors by hearing their stories and purchasing their work. Representation matters; if we don\u2019t share our stories, who will?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WE ARE WORDSMITHS A Community Event As part of the African diaspora, we are descended from kings and queens. We are also descended from griots. We come from an oral tradition vs. the western written tradition. Our griots knew the history and the legends; they were and are storytellers. 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