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Marcia Parker

Irydia Velsari — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:32:08 +0000

Poet — Writer — Entrepreneur
| ZO Affiliate|CURATOR — Owner-operator at Marcia Parker Productions and Event Coordinator at The Original Melodic Mondays

Marcia has coordinated, judged, and helped us manage a few ZO Expos. She is also a gifted chef, speaker, actress, and unique Spoken Word Artist known as Motha Nature.

We’d like to thank her for her work with ZO and Artitude in this joint promotional video.

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Jamie Pearl

Irydia Velsari — Fri, 24 May 2019 23:37:26 +0000

Photographer | Poet
| USA

Jamie Pearl was ZO’s Gold Winner (1st Place) for the 2016 Teen Media Expo | Photography Category.
Winning entry.

“Elle on the Move” – © Jamie Pearl

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Rafael S.W

Irydia Velsari — Thu, 23 May 2019 21:55:22 +0000

Poet — Writer
| Australia
| Gold winner of ZO’s 2014 Poetry Expo with “Red Dress”
| Articles — The Cavernous Heart of Underground Art
| Poetry — “Fault Lines”

Pictured image: Praha Red – © Chris Ridings -fate atc

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Georgios Ampatzidis

Irydia Velsari — Fri, 17 May 2019 01:28:59 +0000

“War Hero” a poem by Georgios Ampatzidis is now featured on ZO’s “What Is The Grass?” page.

Dr. Georgios Ampatzidis is a biologist with a PhD in educational sciences — who writes poetry and short prose in Greek and English. He works at the University of Patras library and teaches at the University of Thessaly.

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Brad Rundblade

Irydia Velsari — Fri, 17 May 2019 01:25:22 +0000

Poet and musician BRAD RUNDBLADE (Born in Greece) has a poem called “Sometimes I Find Time” in The Ocean Archives – which will remain indefinitely!

We paired Brad’s poem with the artwork shown by: © David Caspar — “The Sacred”

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Mario René Padilla

Irydia Velsari — Sat, 11 May 2019 21:36:16 +0000

Writer: prose, poetry, songs and fiction
| One of ZO’s First Judges for our 2014 Poetry Expo

We all really loved the rhythmic poetry that Mario shared at ZO’s live launch at The Tropics in Hollywood, CA

Mario René Padilla is a writer of prose, poetry and songs. His poetry and fiction have appeared in North American Review, The Antioch Review, New Letters, Alligator Juniper, The Ledge, INKWELL Magazine, Americas Review, Atlanta Review, Visions International. His first collection of poetry, Reaching Back for the Neverendings, appeared in 1994. He wrote the music and lyrics for Hercules on Normandie in 2006 at the Greenway Court Theater. His unpublished manuscript of poetry, Postcards on the Invented Road, has been a recent finalist in book awards: Red Hen Press, Crab Orchard Review and Silverfish Review’s Gerald Cable Book Award. He earned his M.A. in English from Loyola Marymount and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from U.S.C. He teaches Creative Writing and English literature at Santa Monica College in California.

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Harry Grammer

Irydia Velsari — Sat, 11 May 2019 21:12:19 +0000

Scholar — Poet — Founder & CEO for New Earth
| ZO Poetry Expo Judge

ZO was honored to have Harry at our launch event and as a judge for our first Poetry Expo!

Harry Grammer is an activist and award winning reformer working with the juvenile justice nationwide system. In 2017, Harry was honored as a CNN Hero and in 2018 selected as an inaugural Obama Foundation Fellow. As the Founder and President of New Earth, Harry brings his leadership and visionary spirit, along with an extensive background in teaching poetry, advocacy and leadership to incarcerated and at-risk youth. For the past 14 years, Harry has been the head instructor and training for all New Earth programming that is offered to over 1,500 incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth per year in Los Angeles County. Harry has personally worked directly worked with over 10,000 youth since the inception of the organization. In addition to developing and teaching core curriculum, and designing new programs, Harry also trains and manages New Earth staff both in detention centers and at New Earth’s two charter school re-entry centers for system-involved young people. He has a stellar track record in keeping the youth he works with from recidivating and on a path of productivity. Harry has his Ph.D. from the Community, Liberation, and Ecopsychology program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara.

Photo credit: Obama Foundation

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Don Kingfisher Campbell

Irydia Velsari — Sat, 11 May 2019 20:35:55 +0000

Poet — storyteller — author
| 2014 ZO Poetry Expo Judge

We are so grateful to Don Kingfisher Campbell for being a Judge for our very first POETRY EXPO! He also shared poetry at our Cloud Z live launch and has been a great encouragement since connecting. Don has an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, is listed on Poets & Writers, founder of POETRYpeople youth writing workshops; publisher of Spectrum magazine; leader of the Emerging Urban Poets writing and Deep Critique workshops; and host of the Saturday Afternoon Poetry reading series in Pasadena, California. He has taught Creative Writing in the Upward Bound program at Occidental College and been a Guest Teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District for 34 years. Want a poet in your classroom, library, bookstore, coffeehouse, or event?

You can find more of Don’s poetic work at: http://fourfeatherspress.blogspot.com

Check out a snippet of Don and other poets on this video at ZO’s live launch at the Tropics.

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Scott Navicky

Irydia Velsari — Sat, 11 May 2019 01:32:02 +0000

Writer — Poet — Author
| ZO Poetry Expo Judge

Scott Navicky is the author of Humboldt: Or, The Power of Positive Thinking (Chicago Center for Literature and Photography, 2014). He attended Denison University and the University of Auckland, where he was awarded an Honors Master’s Degree in art history with a focus on photography theory.

Check out Scott’s book Humboldt and a short article “Convergence of Birds” that he graciously penned for ZO with some thoughts regarding the process of judging one of our Expos.

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Tonya Ingram

Irydia Velsari — Sat, 11 May 2019 01:24:31 +0000

poet. author. lupus legend. dialysis diva. kidney transplant hopeful. mental health advocate. friend.
| ZO 2015 Poetry & Art Expo Judge

“Where The Wild Things Are … Lover of God and People. Performer. Writer. Accidental Hipster. NYU Alumna. Otis Grad Student. Cincinnati Native. Bronx-bred Introvert. LA Odd Soul.”

October 6 at 11:43 am

By Tonya Ingram

sometimes self-care is binge watching ‘how to get away with murder’ while planning your future wedding while eating all of the chocolate because you’ve gotta take care of yourself, kid. even when the self-doubt keeps you in bed. even when guilt gives you a name you have already given yourself. so go ahead, devour your favorite snack. rewatch your favorite show on netflix. weep into the phone as you tell a friend how the days are heavy. rid your clothes and dance like everything about you is a marvel. say forgiveness. delete the number of the one who does not deserve you. sing your name like it is wind. i promise, my friend, there is enough room for you.

Tonya Ingram — Another Black Girl Miracle

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