
National Poetry Month Vision Starter Pack Poetry Edition: Jasmin “Jade” Vann
Sun, Apr 25
|Zoom & Facebook Live
Poetry is so important because it helps us understand and appreciate the world around us. Poetry’s strength lies in its ability to shed a “sideways” light on the world, so the truth sneaks up on you. No question about it. Poetry teaches us how to live.


Time & Location
Apr 25, 2021, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Zoom & Facebook Live
About the event
Poetry is so important because it helps us understand and appreciate the world around us. Poetry’s strength lies in its ability to shed a “sideways” light on the world, so the truth sneaks up on you. No question about it. Poetry teaches us how to live. Poetry is like the Windex on a grubby car window—it bares open the vulnerabilities of human beings so we can all relate to each other a little better.
Jasmin “Jade” Vann, a Dillard University and University of Houston graduate, is an experienced public educator with over 12 years in public education. As a vessel of empowerment, her desire is to equip her students through learning and intelligent discussion to become independent thinkers with self-actualized and realized convictions that provoke them to live on healthy and constructive terms, as law-abiding citizens of the world.
Jasmin “Jade” Vann will lead youth through empowering activities that build…
Schedule
5 minutesWelcome Remarks/Introductions/Housekeeping
30 minutesLive Program