cinéSPEAK presents The Command Center to Bring Women Home & Poetry Workshop
Join us for the final public screening of The Command Center to Bring Women Home and an exciting poetry workshop with Trapeta Mayson
**EVENT FLOW:
—7 PM: Film Screening: The Command Center To Bring Women Home with post-screening discussion to-follow
—7:30-8:30 PM: Poetry Workshop with Trapeta Mayson
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**ABOUT THE FEATURED FILM & ARTIST —
ABOUT TRAPETA MAYSON —
A native of Liberia who was raised in Philadelphia, Trapeta B. Mayson was the 2020-2021 Philadelphia Poet Laureate and is the founder of Healing Verse Philly and the Healing Verse Poetry Line, 1-855-PoemRx2. In 2021, she was named an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow. Mayson is also a Cave Canem and Pew Fellow. She earned her BA in Political Science and Master’s Degrees in Social Services and Business from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research and Villanova University School of Business. Mayson is a published author, teaching artist, and curator of numerous artistic and civic projects. She is a licensed clinical social worker, community arts practitioner, and administrator at a community mental health agency. She resides in Philadelphia.
ABOUT THE FILM —
THE COMMAND CENTER TO BRING WOMEN HOME
Director: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich / 21 min / English / 2022
Through a collaborative writing process with filmmakers, three women bring to life “The Command Center to Bring Women Home,” an imagined space run by formerly incarcerated women for those with nowhere else to turn but to each other, a place where mothers can reunite and heal with their children, and women are able to hold and comfort one another.
**ABOUT THE VENUE — Vox Populi
Founded in 1988, Vox Populi is a contemporary art space and artist collective that works to support the challenging and experimental work of under-represented artists with monthly exhibitions, gallery talks, performances, lectures, and related programming. For three decades, Vox Populi has played a unique role in the cultural life of Philadelphia by bringing our audience a diverse range of programming and providing a supportive environment in which artists can take risks and gain valuable professional experience.
Accessibility: Please note that Vox Populi is located on the third floor of a historic warehouse building at 319 N. 11th Street and that there are five steps leading from the street-level to the first-floor landing where the passenger elevator picks-up/drops-off. The entry into/out of the elevator is 29-inches wide, so may not accommodate all wheelchairs or motorized chairs. Any individual requiring a ramp to navigate this entryway is encouraged to get in touch with Vox Populi ahead of time to coordinate ramp-access and discuss accessibility details. Our ramps may not be suitable for all wheelchairs or motorized chairs, so we strongly encourage anyone requiring a ramp to be in touch at: events@voxpopuligallery.org or 215.238.1236