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Trigger Warning: mentions of death, grooming, predatory behavior and sexual violence.

IMPORTANT NOTE ‼️ Roosevelt will be gathering in 1060 today @ 3:30!

🖤WORKSHOPS BEGIN TODAY🖤 Check out the posters below for all the details! We can’t wait to create with you ✨✏️🎤 P.S. Follow us at our new home @SAYpoetrydsm and help us wish these old platforms farewell!

Dear Community: Please read the following & find us at our new home 🖤 @SAYpoetrydsm

Come build community with us today! Looking for support & resources? We got it! 2-4pm at Mainframe! We’d love to see you! All are welcome 🦋❤️

Come build with us this weekend. The world is heavy place and we got you. What you can expect: Art & Writing Stations ❤️ Mental Health Resources❤️ Support from Iowa CASA ❤️ Help W/ Processing Grief ❤️ Who is this event for? Current Students 🦋 Alumni 🦋 Community Members 🦋

TODAY! TODAY! TODAY! Mental Health Support ✅ Grief Resources ✅ Iowa CASA Assistance ✅ Healing Art Stations ✅

TOMORROW: stop by for community, support, resources, & art workshops all in the name of healing. 🤍

If you have the capacity, please join us in efforts to heal, hold ourselves accountable, be transparent and move forward.

Our Brave New Voices 🤍✨

Des Moines poets earn first place in international youth poetry slam festival trib.al/W2da88S

Team Des Moines forever. 🤍✨ Thanks for all the love in the last week and in the last 10 years, too. Keep your eyes peeled for our new fall programming beginning in September at @mainframearts (details coming soon)! In the meantime: gratitude. We love y’all.

TONIGHT 🤩 TONIGHT 🎤 TONIGHT 👑 Didn’t reserve a ticket? That’s okay! We got a spot for you! Bring a cash donation [$5 students, $10 adults] and come see these poets spit! 📝⚡️

SEE YOU TONIGHT! ❤️‍🔥✨

Amazing achievement from some spectacular young poets, and kudos to @Movement515 and @missemilylang for creating a safe and nurturing space for these artists to grow!

Want to see @Movement515 perform? A statewide slam is planned for tomorrow:

Meet Samm, member of Team DSM & winner of the 2021 @bravenewvoices festival! ❤️‍🔥 Samm will take the stage this Saturday to compete against poets from across the state at the first annual iLUV Slamfest. Peep the poster + reserve your ticket before they sell out! 🌻📸: Samm Yu