Introduction
and Scope- the project is run coinciding with the 100
Thousand Poets for Change founded by Michael Rothenberg
Poet , Critic and Creative Projects Experts in United States. The project is
run in more than 40 countries around the world
including Zimbabwe . Mbizo Chirasha is the Coordinator of this event in
Zimbabwe through GirlchildCreativity Project. The Zimbabwean 100 Thousand Poets
for Change is run as GirlchildVoices Fiesta in Zimbabwe every year 28th of
September every year.
GirlchildCreativity Project was asked to be part
of this program because they are working hard to develop, motivate and
inspire young girls to define their voices, find their space the creative,
arts and literary prowess. The Young girls are identified in schools ,
dropouts , children homes and other youthful communities they
are mentored through artistic seminars , close up with their role models
and performances programs, check ,www.girlchildcreativity.blogspot.com ,girlchildcreativity project on
face book and girlchildcreativity photo stream onflikr.com for more information and past events.
Letter of Partnership from 100 Thousand poets
for change
100 THOUSAND POETS FOR
CHANGE
http://www.100TPC.org
Michael Rothenberg
100 Thousand Poets for Change
Box 870
Guerneville, CA 95446
Mbizo
Chirasha
Founder/Creative
Director
Girlchildcreativity
Project
Harare,
Zimbabwe
September
26, 2013
Dear
Mr. Mbizo Chirasha,
I
am writing to you to invite you and Girl Child Creativity Program to organize a
poetry reading, workshops, and arts
event in Harare, Zimbabwe on September 28, 2013 in conjunction with 100 Thousand Poets for Change. It would
be a great honor to have your participation and representation in this global
event once again. Our partnership with your group over the years has been a
great inspiration and we look forward to your continued participation.
As
you know, 100 Thousand Poets for Change is a global poetry initiative begun in
March 2011, with the vision that poets and artists around the world would
organize local poetry/art events simultaneously as a means to discuss real
political, environmental and social change within the guidelines of peace and
sustainability. The first 100 TPC event was on September 24, 2011 and was a
great success with over 600 events in 95 countries. Because of this first
year’s success we held our second global event on September 29, 2012 and there
were nearly 700 events in 110 countries! So the support for this artist driven
movement for peace and sustainability continues to grow.
To
support the 100TPC global initiative the website 100TPC.org
was launched
and Event Location Blog Pages were created, by city and country, for each event
organizer. We encouraged event organizers to post poetry, art, videos, and journals
on their pages to document their local 100 TPC events.
The
response to the call to action was so great that Stanford University
volunteered to archive all of the 100 TPC Event Blog Pages for posterity, as
their way of supporting 100TPC, and to acknowledge that the 100 Thousand Poets
for Change movement is indeed historical.
100
Thousand Poets for Change events include poetry readings, parades, musical
concerts, workshops, flash mobs, skype sessions, art exhibitions and live
streaming. The results are transformative, and a new global poetry and arts community has been created with
peace & sustainability as it’s major mission. Poets and artists are daily
being empowered to get to know one another across borders, using real time
events and social networking, and we hope that through the 100TPC event we can
help redirect the dialogue
of the day and turn the narrative of civilization towards peace and
sustainability
100
TPC will continue to organize poets and artists for peace and sustainability.
We have already set September 28, 2013 as the next 100 TPC global event, and it
would be a great honor to hear the voices from Zimbabwe as part of this global movement. Please feel
free to contact me to register for the event at walterblue@bigbridge.org. (The new event location blog pages for
2012 will continue to be archived by Stanford University).
Also,
you can find the 100 Thousand Poets for Change 2013 Facebook event page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/101528880036977/?fref=ts
And
special news for the 100 Thousand Poets
for Change 2013 initiative is that we have added a 100 Thousand Musicians for Change program to our initiative. This
program has become very popular and will help to bring all the arts together
for an awesome 100 Thousand Poets for
Change event!
Thank
you so much for your continued support and interest in this project. Your
friendship is valued throughout the 100TPC community. I look forward to continue hearing from
you, Girl Child Creativity Project and the poets of Harare, Zimbabwe!
Sincere
regards,
Michael
Rothenberg
100
Thousand Poets for Change is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
2013 Theme- Defining Girl Child Voices through
Artistic Fusion.
Main Objective - to make young girls
realize their potentials and use their potential to
create positive space and voices for themselves and communities.
Target groups- Young talented girls and
boys in Schools.
2013
Implementation Method-
3 orientative , motivational ,
identification and skills development and inspirational workshops
will be held in 3 different schools that include Morgan High , Vainiona
High and Budiriro3 and Glen View Primary schools- Mentors of this
workshops will include a seasoned
photographer, a seasoned female visual artist
,Mbira workshop and storyteller and writer and
these seminars will done both in practice and they are
participatory and they will be under a video shoot to prepare
a visual video mobile exhibition that will be shown on the last
official day of the Voices Fiesta. Poems, photographs and artistic works will
be selected for an official exhibitions and recitals on the 08th October.
Such will coincide with feedback seminar between students, media
and guests to the final event.
Programming
02 October - 2pm -4pm Budiriro 3
Primary School
- Workshop on story telling
and poetry Writing - by Aeron Chiundura Moyo- the facilitator will read his
stories and poetry and partake participants in a practical writing skills
session.
03 October -2pm -4pm- Vainona High School
Photography , writer s workshop- by Shoes
Lambada [ Writing]and Kresiah Destiny Mkwazhi [Photography]- the facilitators
will also pass writing skills and how you can fuse writings and
photography in a bide to create photo poetry and photo stories.
04 October- 2pm-4pm- Morgan High School
Visual Arts practical workshop ,
Performance Poetry and Mbira- Zanele Mutema , Mbizo Chirasha and a
Mbira musician- participants will be taken through a journey of visual
arts inspirational process , the creativity and
resonance of Mbira music and your voice in performance poetry leading to a
visual ,musical poetry experience
08- October -530-730 pm-First Floor Gallery
Grand Fiesta day-Small exhibition of
poetry/visual works produced during workshops, story and poetry presentations
by participants and young guest poets, Discussion forum/Press talk
by organizers , facilitators and participants with Guests.
Fiesta
Artists, Facilitators and Coordinators
Karen Magunda [20 yrs] - Guest of Honor on
the Grand Fiesta.
Young girl of 20
years pf age ,grew up in Mufakose .She finished high school at Roosevelt high
and she is first year student at Midlands State
University. She is a song writer, choreographer and singer. She founded FAM
in 2012 - a Foundation Arts Movement mentoring ,promoting and
marketing young artists. She destined for greater heights.
Mbizo Chirasha
- the Fiesta Curator and Coordinator/ Zimbabwe
Producer of 100 Thousand for Change. He is a performing poet , widely
travelled , extensively published globally. He is the Founder of many literary
and creativity initiatives in Zimbabwe . He is the Founder of
GirlChildCreativity and its Creative Director.
- Kudzai Mutiti: Assistant Fiesta Coordinator, a second year social studies student
at the University of Zimbabwe. She is endowed with passion , maturity
and drive. She have also worked with IIFF international Images Film
Festival 2013 as a venue manager and discusant.
Tariro Kambasha-Grand Fiesta Presenter
a Young singer of 21 years with a
dream to reach dizzy heights , a singer of dancehall , presenter
and budding film maker as well as an advocate of GirlChild.
Aeron Chiundura Moyo- Writng and stories
Facilitator
-Veteran writer ,novelist and Boradcaster
Shoes Lambada-Poetry Writing Facilitator
-Poet, Writer ,Organizer and Coordinator of
Zimbabwe Poets for Human rights
