David A. Romero is a Mexican-American spoken word artist from Diamond Bar, CA. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of El Martillo Press. Romero is the author of My Name Is Romero (FlowerSong Press, 2020) and Diamond Bars 2 (Moon Tide Press, 2024).
Terrell M. Green will perform Must Go On: A Rite of Passage for Compton College. Must Go On (#MGO) uses theatre, yoga, African-dance-influenced movement, spoken-word poetry, video projection, and music to create community conversations about the Black Gay Male experience. Terrell used MGO to unpack the impact of gender identities and expressions on his mental health.
Artist Stephanie Brown will host a collage workshop for Compton College Art 101 students to explore the ways in which we construct our own identities. We have room for 15 more students to join!
Stephanie Brown grew up in South Florida at the intersection of her Jamaican and Black American identities. Broadly her work is a reflection of her internal self/ancestral exploration. The work is a historical yet critical investigation of identity construction and implicit and explicit bias.
Alberto Lule’s current artwork focuses on mass incarceration and the prison industrial complex in the United States, particularly the California prison system. Using his own experiences, he aims to tie the prison industrial complex to other American political issues such as immigration, homelessness, drug addiction, and mental health, all of which, are connected to the millions of people being incarcerated and used in a new form of slavery.
In honor of national poetry month, Professor David Maruyama will be hosting a poetry open mic for our campus over zoom!
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