The BeZine will hold a virtual 100 Thousand Poets for Change (100TPC) Reading / Music / Art Event 26 September, 2020.
While we have been holding an online virtual 100TPC event for years, this year most other events likely will be online. The Time of Coronavirus has brought about this change. We at The BeZine are thinking about how to be more interactive. We will keep readers posted on the blog and social media.
Keep in touch to find out more. If you are not already following us, follow the blog for updates. (Follow link is in column on the right side of the page).
Meanwhile, Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carrion, co-founders of 100TPC, have sent out a message to poets (and other writers, artists, musicians, etc.). Read on to find out what will be happening globally.
—Michael Dickel and The BeZine Community
more about global events From the 100 Thousand Poets for Change founders
Dear 100 Thousand Poets for Change Organizers,
We are fast approaching the global 100 Thousand Poets for Change day. September 26, 2020 is on the calendar!
2020 marks 10 years since the 100 Thousand Poets for Change movement began. It has been a breathtaking experience to work and create together in community building with you, and to witness a global community working for positive change.
We hope you will all participate and organize again this year to signify that
peace, justice and sustainability are things you and your community of poets, musicians, and artists care deeply about. We stand with you in reaffirming your commitment to this vision.
But this is not an ordinary year.
We are faced with a global crisis. Covid-19 has affected us all. Sickness, death, isolation, fear and depression have touched so many. We have been forced to isolate and socially distance, to live a different reality, and the possibility of organizing a community event has vanished in the usual way for the time being. We have been left to social media and Zoom sessions to maintain communication with our friends, family, and artists around the world. This new way of connecting has been difficult for many but we have powered on.
So how shall we proceed?
Since June of this year, 100 Thousand Poets for Change has scheduled 5 Zoom sessions, organized by 100TPC organizers from around the world. The response to the sessions has been wonderful. Hundreds of poets have connected on Zoom and met for the first time and many participants who were once strangers to one another have walked away from the readings feeling rebooted and refueled. Poets from around the world have read their work to one another and the synergy is inspirational and motivating. Covid-19 has forced a new kind of community development. 100TPC is responding in various positive ways and growing stronger.
What we are suggesting for the 10th anniversary of 100tpc is that local organizers work to prepare Zoom sessions all around the world. We are asking that you reconnect with your community through social media events and invite poets from your local community and from around the world to participate. The need for positive change is greater than ever and we must not let our spirits diminish in the task of speaking up for change.
If you decide to organize a virtual event please let me know and I will add your event to promotions and archives just as we have done for the past ten years. Zoom sessions can be recorded easily and added to the Stanford University effort to document this historic movement.
Please let me know in response to this email if you will be organizing a Zoom reading or any other kind of poetic action, and send me notice of event details. Reply in the subject line: Yes I want to organize! We will tell the world.
Important! You do not need to organize your event on September 26, you can organize any time that is convenient for you during the fall and winter months.
Most important. Know that you have friends around the world who care about you and share your creative vision. We are not alone. We will get through this.
Thank you again for your years of participation and support.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Love and Peace,
Michael and Terri
100 Thousand Poets for Change
100TPC.org
The BeZine 