Vancouver's 100 Thousand Poets for Change

2011: 100 Thousand Poets for Change: Vancouver, BC

Plant life image by Nancy Victoria Davis

Michael Rothenberg & Terri Carrion of Big Bridge are putting together a world-wide event on September 24, 2011, uniting 100 thousand poets to inspire and encourage people to change. This is sort of a sweeping statement, but the idea is to get people out of the house, get them to meet their neighbors in ever-growing times of alienation, and do something good at the local community level while celebrating the arts. There are already many cities world-wide planning their event; each of us has a unique opportunity to identify areas in our own city to address.

2011: Event schedule

Vancouver’s 100,000 Poets for Change will inspire the community to work toward a healthy watershed and wild salmon forever, which have been vital to Vancouver’s cultural and environmental history for thousands of years.

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2011: Readers

Poetry Readers on September 24, 2011
Time: 3:30 - 5:00
Place: Carnegie Center at Main & Hastings (classroom number TBA)
Sponsor: Word on the Street, Vancouver

2011: False Creek East Cleanup

After having talked about the 100 Thousand Poets for Change with our director at Fraser Riverkeeper, and having just gotten the notice for the sign-up for our annual beach restoration from the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, we've decided to go ahead and work with the big poet/arts gathering at least for part of the event and do a beach cleanup in the afternoon from about 1:00 - 2:30 on September 24th. This beach cleanup is our 4th annual cleanup, which always happens during the week of BC Rivers Day.