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| Take part in the final workshop of the term at the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships, led by Writers Room’s Spring Teaching Artist, Yolanda Wisher. |
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| Poet Yolanda Wisher |
Yolanda brings not only brilliance to the page but generosity to the community. A few years ago, despite her demanding schedule, she graciously visited my classroom to work with my students—and to support a young poet honing her workshop facilitation skills under Yolanda’s guidance.
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Poet Yolanda Wisher inspiring young minds with haiku writing in my old classroom. |
Her commitment to nurturing emerging voices is matched by an extraordinary creative legacy.
Yolanda was named the inaugural Poet Laureate of Montgomery County and served as the third Philadelphia Poet Laureate. She is the author of Monk Eats an Afro, a Pew Fellow, a Leeway Foundation Transformation Award recipient, and a Philadelphia Cultural Treasures Artist Fellow. She founded the School of Guerrilla Poetics—a training ground for mobilizing communities through poetry—and currently serves as Senior Curator at Monument Lab.
Join the final workshop in her spring series at the Dornsife Center, where this spirit of community, creativity, and care will be in full bloom.
Where to go: Drexel University's Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships
3509 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
| Yolanda Wisher gifting teacher and poet Octavia McBride-Ahebee a poetry collection by Sonia Sanchez. |
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| A radiant moment—Yolanda Wisher lights up at the students’ creativity. |
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| Students proudly share their haikus during this poetry session. |
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