UMHOBE WETHEMBA NONYANZO: I-CALPOETS' 2021 VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM 

KUBONAKALA UTONGO EISEN-MARTIN & SHONDA BUCHANAN

Cofa u-"Funda ngakumbi" ukubona inkcazo epheleleyo yesiganeko, kunye nokubhalisa

Cofa apha ukuze ufumane ishedyuli epheleleyo yomsitho, kuquka iindibano zocweyo, ababonisi kunye nebhayos yomboniso.

Le Simpoziyam yempelaveki yempelaveki yeMibongo ilungiselelwe bonke abantu, ulutsha ukuya phezulu, abanomdla kubugcisa boncwadi - kubandakanywa iimbongi, ababhali, ootitshala, abafundi kunye nokunye.  Iminikelo iya kubandakanya iindibano zocweyo zokubhala ngokuyilayo, ufundo lwesihobe, neengcaciso-ntetho ezilungiselelwe ukufundisa imibongo kwiindawo zokuhlala.  Kuya kubakho imenyu epheleleyo yeminikelo ngoMgqibelo-ngeCawa, Agasti 21st-Agasti 22nd, 2021.  Ubhaliso luyafuneka kodwa ababhalisileyo banokukhetha kwaye bakhethe ukuba zeziphi iindibano zocweyo abathatha inxaxheba kuzo.  Inkomfa iya kwenzeka eZOOM njengefomathi yentlanganiso. I-symposium isimahla.  Iminikelo iyakhuthazwa ukuze isincede sihlawule iintlawulo kubabonisi, kunye nokuveliswa kwesiganeko. 

Isibongo sisixhobo sokuguqula esinokunceda abadali nabafundi bafumane ithemba kunye nokomelela ngamaxesha anzima.  Kangangeminyaka engama-57, iimbongi zaseCalifornia ezikolweni zizise umlingo onamandla wokudalwa kwemibongo kunye nokusebenza kubafundi abangaphezu kwesigidi esinye.  Umyalelo wesihobe wakha uvelwano kunye nokuziva uyinxalenye yegumbi lokufundela.  Imibongo kunye nezobugcisa zinokuba sisixhobo esinamandla, esiphilisayo ezikolweni nakuluntu olujongene neenkxwaleko ezinjengomlilo wasendle, ubhubhane wobhubhane, intswela-bulungisa ngokobuhlanga, ukutshintsha kwemozulu nokunye.  Lonke uluntu. Kuyo yonke indawo .  Le nkomfa yampelaveki ivuleleke kuluntu kwaye ilungiselelwe amagcisa okufundisa uncwadi (kubo bonke abaphulaphuli), ootitshala beklasi, iimbongi, abaviwa be-MFA kunye nokunye.  Umxholo uya kubandakanyeka kwabo batsha kraca ekufundiseni ubugcisa boncwadi kunye "neminqwazi emidala" phakathi kwethu.

Inkomfa iya kubanjwa njengeNtlanganiso yeZoom.  Ezinye iindibano zocweyo zinokuba nabazimasi abangaphezu kwekhulu, ngelixa ezinye iindibano zocweyo zinokusondelelana ngakumbi.  Siyavuya ukwenza uninzi lwale ndawo iguquguqukayo, yendibano ebonakalayo ukuze someleze uthungelwano lwethu kunye nokwakha uluntu.

Kuphela ngabathathi-nxaxheba ababhalisiweyo abaya kufumana ulwazi lokungena. Wamkelekile ukuba uzimase inkomfa yonke okanye ukhethe kwaye ukhethe iindibano zocweyo ezihambelana nomdla wakho.  Akukho mfuneko yokuba ubhalisele iindibano zocweyo ezithile kwangaphambili. Vele uphume uye kwiindibano zocweyo usebenzisa ikhonkco leZoom eliza kubonelelwa. 

Ngelixa ukufowuna kwi-symposium kuya kwenzeka, ngenxa yamava angcono kakhulu enkomfa, sincoma ukungena kwikhompyutheni kunye noqhagamshelwano oluhle lwe-wifi.  Inkomfa iya kusekwa ukuze umntu ngamnye okhoyo abonakale kwiqela lonke, nangona kunjalo ungacima okanye uyivule ikhamera yakho.  Bonke abathathi-nxaxheba baya kuthuliswa, nangona kunjalo kusenokubakho amaxesha apho omnye okanye abathabathi-nxaxheba abaninzi beyekiwe ukuba babelane neqela. 

IShedyuli yeSimpoziyam

NgoMgqibelo, Agasti 21st

9:05am-9:15am Wamkelekile

9:15am-10:45am Umanyano Malwenze Umsebenzi kunye noTongo Eisen-Martin

10:45am-11:00am Ngekhefu

11:00am-11:45am Ukufunda imibongo kunye ne-Q&A kunye noTongo Eisen-Martin

I-11: 45am-12: 00am Amagumbi okuqhawula

12:00pm-12:30pm Isidlo sasemini/ikhefu

12:30pm-1:30pm Isihobe esingaphaya kwePhepha ~ Ukuzibandakanya noBugcisa boBugcisa kunye nokuVuselela uluntu  

      kunye noCie Gumucio

I-1: 30pm-2: 00pm Ukuqhawula amagumbi kunye nekhefu

2:00pm-3:00pm Ukusuka kwimbongi-uMfundisi ukuya kwimbongi Mentor kunye noFernando Albert Salinas

I-3: 00pm-3: 30pm Ukuqhawula amagumbi kunye nekhefu

3:30pm-4:30pm Ubulungisa boLwimi: Ukufundisa imibongo kwiiklasi ezineelwimi ezininzi Dawn Trook

4: 30pm-5: 00pm Ukuqhawula amagumbi kunye nekhefu

5:00pm-6:15pm Igalelo leCalPoets kwiBhodi kunye noRob Eskridge

6:15pm-7:00pm Isidlo sangokuhlwa

7:00pm-9:00pm Vula iMic ephethwe nguDaryl Ngee Chinn 

NgeCawa, i-22 ka-Agasti

9:05am-9:15am Wamkelekile

9:15am-10:45am Ukubhala uMbongo weLifa leMveli wokomelela kunye nethemba kunye noShonda Buchanan

10:45am-11:00am Ngekhefu

11:00am-11:45am Ukufunda uMbongo kunye ne-Q&A noShonda Buchanan

I-11: 45am-12: 00pm Amagumbi okuqhawula

12:00pm-12:30pm Isidlo sasemini/ikhefu

12:30pm-2:00pm Ibhalwe emzimbeni: iworkshop yezimelabizo kunye noEmily Squires

I-2: 00pm-2: 30pm Ukuqhawula amagumbi kunye nekhefu

2:30pm-3:30pm Indlebe eya eMhlabeni: Incoko kunye neembongi zoLutsha kunye no-Angelina Leaños,  

      UZoya Ahmed kunye noNatasha Hirshfield

3:30pm-3:45pm Ikhefu

3:45-4:30pm Ukuvala ukuVula (Isimpoziyam iyavala) kunye noSusan Wooldridge

Tongo Eisen Martin:  Imvelaphi yaseSan Francisco, uTongo Eisen-Martin yimbongi, umsebenzi wentshukumo, kunye nomfundisi-ntsapho. Ikharityhulamu yakhe yamva nje yokubulawa kwabantu abaNtsundu ngokungekho mthethweni, Sihlawulisa kwakhona iGenocide , iye yasetyenziswa njengesixhobo sokufundisa nokulungelelanisa kulo lonke ilizwe. Incwadi yakhe enesihloko esithi, "Kukho umntu osele efile" yonyulwa kwiBhaso leNcwadi yaseCalifornia. Incwadi yakhe yamva nje ethi "Izulu Ngazo Zonke Iindlela ezilungileyo" yapapashwa ngothotho lweembongi zeSixeko, kwaye yafakwa kuluhlu olufutshane lweBhaso leMibongo yeGriffins kwaye yaphumelela imbasa yeNcwadi yaseCalifornia kunye neMbasa yeNcwadi yaseMelika. Incwadi yakhe ezayo ethi "Igazi kwiNkungu" ikhutshwa ngoku kuwa kuthotho lweembongi zeSixeko. Uyimbongi yesibhozo eSan Francisco. 

UShonda Buchanan: Wazalelwa kwaye wakhulela eKalamazoo, eMichigan, umbhali wencwadi ethi Ngubani Owoyika amaIndiya aMnyama? kunye nembali ephumelele iimbasa, i-Black Indian, owayesakuba yimbongi yaseVirginia uCarolyn Kreiter-Foronda uthi, “Ibali elinamandla likaShonda Buchanan libonisa ngomdla ilifa lakhe lamaNdiya aNtsundu.” Intombi yegazi elixubeneyo, uShonda Buchanan ubhala imibongo yokuguqula ubuntu, obususela ebuntwaneni obuxinene kwintlungu ephakathi kwezizukulwana kunye nokudibana kwelifa lemveli yobukhoboka base-Afrika, ukususwa kwamaIndiya kunye noMzila weenyembezi. U-Shonda uye wafundisa iindibano zocweyo zemibongo, wanikela ukufundwa kunye neentetho kwizikolo eziphakathi kunye nezikolo eziphakamileyo kunye neekholeji ezihloniphekileyo kunye neeyunivesithi ezifana neYunivesithi yaseHarvard, iYunivesithi yasePittsburgh, iYunivesithi yaseAntiyokwe, kunye namaqumrhu karhulumente anjenge-US Embassy eKuala Lumpur. kunye neOfisi yoXanduva lukaRhulumente. I-Vice-President ye-Beyond Baroque's Board of Trustees, i-USC Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities Fellow kunye neSebe leMicimbi yeNkcubeko yeSixeko saseLos Angeles (COLA) Master Artist Fellow, uShonda upapashwa kwii-anthologies ezininzi, kwaye ubhalele i-LA Weekly, I-AWP's Imbali yoMbhali, amaXesha e-LA kunye neLizwe laseIndiya namhlanje. Okwangoku uMhlohli oMkhulu kwiYunivesithi yaseLoyola Marymount, uShonda usandul 'ukugqiba ingqokelela yemibongo malunga noNina Simone kwaye usebenza kwimemori yakhe yesibini kunye nenoveli.

Cofa apha ukuze ufumane ishedyuli epheleleyo yomsitho, kuquka iindibano zocweyo, ababonisi kunye nebhayos yomboniso.