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PRODUCED THE 12TH ITERATION OF THE O, MIAMI POETRY FESTIVAL, AND ANNUAL, MONTH-LONG FESTIVAL WITH THE GOAL OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ENCOUNTERING A POEM.PRODUCED AND PRESENTED A SECOND RUN OF PERFORMANCES OF SUBMERGING GEOMETRY, A WATER-BASED PERFORMANCE AT SCOTT RAKOW YOUTH CENTER IN MIAMI BEACH IN COLLABORATION WITH MIAMI BEACH ONSTAGE.PRODUCED AN IN-SCHOOL EDUCATION PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH VARIOUS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE WEEKLY POETRY LESSONS, LIMITED ENGAGEMENTS, AND SINGLE-SESSION INTENSIVES FOR K-12TH GRADE STUDENTS.PUBLISHED THE MANUSCRIPT I COULD NEVER BE YOUR WOMAN BY MEREDITH NNOKA, WINNER OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TOI DERRICOTTE + CORNELIUS EADY CHAPBOOK PRIZE--A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CAVE CANEM, THE WRITER'S ROOM AT THE BETSY HOTEL, AND O, MIAMI POETRY FESTIVAL, HONORING ONE OUTSTANDING CHAPBOOK MANUSCRIPT PER YEAR BY A BLACK POET, REGARDLESS OF THE POET'S PUBLICATION HISTORY OR CAREER STATUS.PUBLISHED THE THIRD INSTALLMENT IN OUR MIAMI TRILOGY SERIES, MORE THAN WHAT HAPPENED: THE AFTERMATH OF GUN VIOLENCE, EDITED BY NADEGE GREEN.PUBLISHED OUR FIRST AUDIOBOOK ANTHOLOGY, UNFINISHED CONCRETE: AN AUDIO-ANTHOLOGY OF MIAMI VOICES. THE AUDIOBOOK IS A COLLECTION OF POEMS, STORIES, MICRO-ESSAYS, AND CONVERSATIONS THAT SPEAK TO AND FROM MIAMI'S NEIGHBORHOODS--EACH ONE A UNIQUE PLACE WITH ITS OWN SOUNDS, SIGHTS, AND RHYTHMS.DISTRIBUTED 45,000 POETRY STICKERS ON THE BELOVED GIRL SCOUT COOKIE BOXES IN THE SPRING OF 2023 WITH THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL GIRL SCOUT TROOPS.HELD IN-SCHOOL POETRY WORKSHOPS AND CREATED A POSTER OF STUDENT POETRY IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTIST SANDRA MARCH HIGHLIGHTING THE MANY ZIP CODES OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.CREATED A COMMUNITY POETRY WORKSHOP SERIES FOR THE TOWN OF SURFSIDE'S COMMUNITY CENTER SERVING YOUTH AND OLDER ADULTS IN COLLABORATION WITH FREE PLASTIC, INC.CO-PRODUCED A PUBLIC READING BY POET MARILYN CHIN (RUTH LILLY POETRY PRIZE FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT), ALONGSIDE MIAMI POETS ARSIMMER MCCOY AND CARIDAD MORO-GRONLIER WITH THE POETRY FOUNDATION AT BOOKS&BOOKS BOOKSELLERS IN CORAL GABLES, FL.PRODUCED A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY WRITING AND CRAFT WORKSHOP EXAMINING GRIEF THROUGH POETRY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE POETRY COALITION.PRODUCED THE INAUGURAL TEN-WEEK YOUTH-MENTORSHIP WORKSHOP SERIES, THE GREENHOUSE, FOR 14 YOUNG CREATIVES AGES 18-26 TO EXPLORE THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN A TRAUMA-INFORMED SETTING. PRODUCED MEET-A-POET ENCOUNTERS AT BOOKS & BOOKS BOOKSELLERS IN CORAL GABLES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF APRIL WHEREBY SOUTH FLORIDA-BASED POETS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS AN EDUCATIONAL AND CREATIVE RESOURCE.DISPLAYED A PROMPT FOR POETRY AND SINGLE WINNING POEM ON A DOWNTOWN MIAMI BILLBOARD ADJACENT TO THE BASKETBALL ARENA DURING NBA FINALS AND PLAYO?S IN ONE OF OUR MOST PROMINENT DISPLAYS OF POETRY.PRODUCED MY HOME, MI HOGAR, A MURAL PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH AND MURALIST TEAM, BOA MISTURA, THAT COVERS TWO ADJOINING 3 MILLION-GALLON WATER STORAGE TANKS WITH A BILINGUAL POEM.HOSTED RENOWN AND AWARD WINNING AUTHORS HANIF ABDURRAQIB, ALEXANDRA T. VAZQUEZ IN CONVERSATION AT BLACK ARCHIVES HISTORIC LYRIC THEATER AND CLINT SMITH, JOS OLIVAREZ, AND JALEN EUTSEY TO READ AT THE BASS MUSEUM.