Ukubhalisela imakrofoni evuliweyo kuyafuneka!  Ukubhalisela ukufunda kuyafika kuqala, kunikezelwe kuqala. Ungazongeza ngokwakho kumgca womfundi xa ubhalisa (ngezantsi). 

Nceda ujoyine iimbongi zaseCalifornia kwiZikolo zoluntu oluvula imakrofoni ngo-7pm, ngeCawe, nge-27 kaJuni.  Lo mnyhadala uyinxalenye yothotho lwekota lwemisitho evulelekileyo yemakrofoni eyenzelwe ukukhuthaza uluntu kuthungelwano lwethu, kunye nokuqaqambisa iimbongi zethu ezibalaseleyo.  Umnyhadala ngamnye uya kujongisa imbongi enye okanye ezimbini ezivela kuthungelwano lweCalPoets njengabafundi abafakiweyo, kunye ne-emcee (ekwavela kuthungelwano). Nge-27, abafundi bethu abafakiweyo baya kusungula umsitho ngokufunda imizuzu eli-15 (nganye) kwaye emva koko siya kutshintshela kwi-mic evulekileyo. 

• ulutsha 14+ & abadala bamkelekile
• bhalisa kwi-intanethi kwaye ujoyine ikhonkco liya kuthunyelwa ngaphambi komsitho
• isiganeko sizakwenzeka kwiZoom
• isiganeko asizukusasazwa ngqo
• kuya kubakho ixesha labafundi bemakrofoni abavulekileyo abangama-20, nika okanye uthathe
• umfundi ngamnye uya kuba 3(ish) imizuzu ukufunda okanye ukwenza
• iindawo zokubeka umfundi ziza kuqala, zanikwa kuqala ... Ukuba unomdla wokufunda, nceda uqaphele kwifom yobhaliso.
• enkosi ngokuzisa imibongo elungele yonke iminyaka eyi-14+

Emcee:

USusan Terence uphumelele iimbasa ezininzi ngokubhala kwakhe, kubandakanya nembasa yeDeWar's Young Writer's Recognition Award kwiLizwe laseCalifornia, ibhaso le-Audre Lord leFiction, ibhaso leHighsmith lokudlala, iSan Francisco District iimbasa ezili-11, kunye neAnn Fields kunye neBrowning ibhaso ngokubalisa okumangalisayo. imibongo. imibongo yakhe iye yapapashwa Southern Poetry Review, Nebraska Review, Ukubanakho Negative, Lake Effect, Americas Review, St. Petersburg Review, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle, Halftones ukuya Jubilee, kunye nezinye iimagazini eziliqela kunye anthologies. Uyigqibile inoveli ejongene nokupheliswa koluntu lwaseLatino oludala ulwakhiwo olutsha losapho kunye nomanyano ngelixa esokola nemiba emikhulu yokugxothwa, ukukhulisa, kunye nokuzonda abantu abathandanayo.

Unikwe igama lokuba nguTitshala wokuBhala wonyaka yi-SF yeSithili seSikolo esiManyeneyo. Abafundi bakhe baphumelele amabhaso obugcisa angenakubalwa avela kwiSithili seSikolo esiManyeneyo saseSan Francisco kunye nokhuphiswano lweMibongo yeNdawo yeHlabathi yoMlambo waMazwi weHlabathi. Iiprojekthi zemibongo yabafundi besikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ziboniswe kwiMyuziyam yobuGcisa yaseAsia eSan Francisco. Ukwake waba yimbongi kwiNdawo yokuhlala eDe Young kunye neLegion yeeMyuziyam eziHloniphekileyo eSan Francisco, kwaye wakhokela imibongo, ukusebenza, kunye neendibano zocweyo zobugcisa kwi-Exploratorium, kunye nemibongo kwi-California Academy yeSayensi. 

Abafundi abakhoyo: 

U- Ernesto M. Garay yimbongi ephumelele ibhaso. Unezidanga ezimbini ze-masters: enye kwi-Comparative Literature kunye neyesibini kwi-Ethnic Studies.   NjengoMhlohli weZifundo zoBuzwe, u-Ernesto ufundisa izifundo zobuhlanga kwiKhampasi yaseLake County yaseWoodland Community College. Ukwanamava ekufundiseni imibongo ye-Ethnic Studies kubafundi base-K-12 kunye nabantu abadala abasengozini njengendlela yokuphilisa, ukuzibonakalisa, kunye neNtshukumo yokuPhendula ngokweNkcubeko usebenzisa imibongo yeevesi zasimahla kunye nokubalisa amabali.

Kutshanje, incwadi yakhe yemibongo: Reverberating Voices yamkelwe ukuba ipapashwe yiFlower Song Press.  Ukutyhutyha imida yase-El Salvador, eNicaragua, eMexico naseKhalifoniya, ithetha ngamava okufudukela kwelinye ilizwe, ubuhlanga, ukuphilisa umoya, ukufuduka, nothando ebudeni beeMfazwe Zamakhaya zoMbindi Merika ngeminyaka yee-1970 neyee-1980.

Unomdla ngobulungisa boluntu kunye nokukhuthaza uluntu lwaseLatino lwabaphambukeli.  Uyila ngokugqithisileyo kwaye ufezekile, uyasikhuthaza kwaye uhamba phakathi kwethu ngokuthobeka okungapheliyo, isisa, kunye nobabalo.

UClaire Blotter ufundise izibongo zokusebenza kwiYunivesithi yaseSan Francisco State, kwiKholeji yaseMarin, kwiYunivesithi yaseDominican kunye neYunivesithi yaseJohn F. Kennedy. Wayemele iSan Francisco kwaye wabeka indawo yesibini neqela lakhe kwiSizwe soMbongo Slams eBoston naseChicago. Upapashe ii-chapbooks ezi-3, kwaye imibongo yakhe ipapashwa ngokubanzi kwiijenali kunye ne-anthologies. 

Ubhale kwaye walathisa imveliso yethiyetha ezintlanu zoluntu ngomdaniso, umculo we-elektroniki, ividiyo kunye nesiko, kubandakanya INYONI EMNYAMA, INGULA! ixhaswa ngemali yiMarin Community Foundation. Wayalela iBolinas Guerrilla Theatre Troupe izisa ulwazi ngokutshatyalaliswa kwamahlathi abomvu kunye neentaka eziculayo ezifudukayo-  & neminye imiba yokusingqongileyo/yezopolitiko.

UClaire wayengumGqibelo weBhaso le-2018 le-Fischer Poetry & wagweba ukhuphiswano lwe-Colorado Talking Gourds Institute kulo nyaka uphelileyo. Uya kufundisa i-ZOOM Bay Area-New York Performance Poetry / Art workshop kule hlotyeni, ulwazi oluhlaziyiweyo kwi-claireblotter.com.