Duncan Regehr Poetry Reading

100,000 POETS FOR CHANGE

CELEBRATE POETRY AND PROMOTE SOCIAL CHANGE

Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 7:00 pm

The Well

821 Fort Street

Victoria, B.C.

250-385-3378

September 29, 2012 marks the second annual global event for 100Thousand Poets for Change, a grassroots organization that brings communities together to call for environmental, social, and political change within the framework of peace and sustainability.

Everyone is invited to celebrate the transformative power of poetry.

The Victoria event will include performances by Duncan Regehr, Charles Tidler,Richard Olafson, Jeremy Loveday, Matthew Christopher Davidson, Eric Miller, Jacob Arts, Yvonne Blomer, Doug Beardsley,Dennis Reid, Stephen Scobie, Iain Higgins, Erin Cotton, Steven J. Thompson, Linda Rogers, Barbara Pelman, Justin McGrail, Gautham Krishnaraj, Morgan Purvis-Bellamano, Comrade Black and more to be announced in the coming days.

For more information on the Victoria, B.C. event contact:
Richard Olafson at ekstasis@islandnet.com

For more information on international events contact:
100 Thousand Poets for Change
Michael Rothenberg, founder
walterblue@bigbridge.org   http://www.100TPC.org

Duncan Regehr 100,000 Poets For Change Event

On Saturday,  September 29th, 2012 actor and artist Duncan Regehr will be participating in the “One Hundred Thousand Poets for Change” event. This is a Global Poetry Reading with readings taking place in every centre around the globe from Paris to Timbuktu to Hong Kong to Mirabai, in effect more than 100,000 Poets will participate. All the readings will be filmed and then stored at Stanford University in California. It is a significant Global Affirmation of Poetry and a call for a new awakening and a transformation towards global peace and understanding. This is the largest marathon poetry reading in human history.

Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 7:00 pm
The Well821 Fort Street
Victoria, B.C.