Our Family Gathering

There were some poets talking about some poets that some other poets had never met ...and yet they lived in the same city. So we made calls, we set a date, poets brought food, and it just happened to happen in a backyard and there just happened to be barbeque.

It's was like a family reunion full of favorite cousins you'd never actually met. It's been like that ever since. There was conversation, and we built community, and so we continued.

Today our family gathering, seeks to build stronger communities by creating safe spaces for in-person social engagement, making all spaces learning spaces, increasing access to the arts for underserved populations, and providing opportunities for artists to share and display their work. 

The Poetry Potluck averages 100-200 attendees (which we call CUZZINs) per gathering and now has a steady roster of 30+ active volunteers who believe in our mission and have personally been affected by attending.

The Poetry Potluck truly is a living activation and a "Gathering for the Art of Community". The poetry is what brings us all together but it's the connections, the random conversations, and the ever-growing community that keeps people coming back and bring those closest along with them.