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		<title>POETATHON &#8220;WAKE-UP AMERICA!&#8221; with Black Arts Movement Historian Kim McMillon and 13 Poets, Part 1</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST via ZOOM and via FACEBOOK LIVE! KIM MCMILLON&#8217;s &#8220;WAKE-UP AMERICA!&#8221; Part 1 POETATHON poster created by Shellee Randol of Randol Graphics Line-Up of POETS on June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST Kim McMillon John Curl Rafael J. Gonzalez Peggy Morrison Raymond Nat Turner Zigi Lowenberg Wanda Sabir Jose Hector Cadena [...]]]></description>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;" data-offset-key="ar4rm-0-0"><strong><span style="color: #660099;">KIM MCMILLON&#8217;s</span></strong></h1>
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<h4>Kim McMillon</h4>
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<h4>Peggy Morrison</h4>
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<h4>Zigi Lowenberg</h4>
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<h4>Jose Hector Cadena</h4>
<h4>Eugene Redmond</h4>
<h4>Iris De Anda</h4>
<h4>Sonia Gutierrez</h4>
<h4>Genny Lim</h4>
<h4>Avotcja</h4>
<h4>Kathryn Takara</h4>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F85183847427%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1sy6I7X8AdfPVM3FOzO6vWCUUiK6Za6W0wgItYAwxngJNvArtVN4EI21Y&amp;h=AT08jaFz_NKDiFLTxaUMDhaHC0i1njKpuVaS5S4s0VYDGp29G9E3X1x_coAxYpOC9ZunV-s6yPQ6Fkgot08kkca5ZpmbQMUN0b8y--oWLfxa3AZJqUcI9NYf8ol9TQD_xxQ_u2OZ-Ae19Ks89sZriVCb4-Knc0lKjzDMnmXr3kuz" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85183847427</a></h3>
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<div data-offset-key="ar4rm-0-0"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9c005c;">Kim McMillon, Ph.D. in World Cultures (with an emphasis on the Black Arts Movement and African American Literature)!  Historian! Activist!  Historian!  Educator!  Poet!  Playwright!  Performer!  Book Author!</span></span></div>
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<p><strong>2. Do you believe the individual can make a difference in a racist society?</strong></p>
<p><strong>3.  Have you ever been confronted with racism and how did you handle it?</strong></p>
<p>4.  <strong>What do you tell your children about racism in the United States today?</strong></p>
<p>5.  <strong>Do you believe it is possible to understand racial oppression if you are not a person of color?</strong></p>
<p>6.  <strong>The title of the Poetathon is “Wake-Up America.”  What do you see America needing to Wake-Up from?</strong></p>
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<h4 data-offset-key="ar4rm-0-0">On June 21, 2020, 2:00pm-4:30pm PST, I, Teresa Jade LeYung, shall be in the audience listening to Kim McMillon, Ph.D. and her fellow poets.</h4>
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<div data-offset-key="ar4rm-0-0"><strong>Teresa Jade LeYung</strong>, American naturalized citizen of Chinese ancestry, is a manuscript-theme consultant, author of <em>Love Made Of Heart</em> (archived at the San Francisco History Center), <em>Build Your Writer’s Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days</em>, and <em>Talking To My Dead Mom</em> monologues, and, an advocate for public libraries and public schools. <a href="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/" target="_blank">http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/</a></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;">What&#8217;s happening at various branches of California Writers Club?</p>
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<h3>California Writers Club – Tri-Valley Branch in Pleasanton, California</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://trivalleywriters.org/" target="_blank">http://trivalleywriters.org/</a></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Saturday, June 21, 2014</strong>, <strong>2:00-4:00 p.m. (registration at 1:30)</strong></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://writingcoachTeresa.com" target="_blank"><strong>22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan</strong></a> presents <strong>“Build/Retrofit Your Writer’s Platform &amp; Fanbase”</strong></h3>
<p><span>The cost for CWC Members is $10, nonmembers, $15. Anyone interested in the program or the organization may attend with no obligation to join. </span></p>
<p><a href="http://writingcoachteresa.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff; font-size: small;">Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan</span></strong></a><span style="font-size: small;"> will show you how to thrive in the publishing arena whether you are the publisher or you’ve sold rights to a third-party publisher. She says: “Reach out, not stress out!  By making your name stand for something—to attract targeted consumers (your fans)—who are likely to buy what you have to sell. Learn how to help your fans find you, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">before</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">after</span> publication!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Teresa is<strong> the author of <em>Build Your Writer’s Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW. </em></strong><br />
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<h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana;"><strong><span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *</span></strong></span></h4>
<p style="text-align: center;">California Writers Club&#8211;San Francisco Peninsula Branch</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana;"><strong></strong><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.cwc-peninsula.org/events.html" target="_blank">http://www.cwc-peninsula.org/events.html</a><br />
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<h3 align="center">Memoir into Fiction<a href="http://www.mary-rosehayes.com/"><br />
</a>Setting Your Characters Free<a href="http://www.mary-rosehayes.com/" target="_blank"><br />
<em><br />
Mary-Rose Hayes </em></a></h3>
<h3 align="center">Adventurer and author, Mary-Rose will show us how to access a character by mining personal experiences and emotions from your own past.</h3>
<h3 align="center">June 21st, 2014 10AM-12PM <a href="http://www.cwc-peninsula.org/directions.html" target="_blank">Belmont Library </a><br />
Members $10 Non-Members $13, Students $10/ID<br />
First Meeting Free!</h3>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800080;"><strong>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *</strong></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;">California Writers Club&#8211;Sacramento Branch</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/" target="_blank">http://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="text-align: center;"> June 21, 2014</strong>, <strong>11:00 AM-1:00 PM </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Gordon Warnock</strong>, founding partner at <strong>Foreword Literary:</strong> literary agent, marketing director and editor for independent publishers, freelance publishing consultant, and college-level writing tutor.</p>
<p>Monthly luncheon is open to the public.</p>
<p>Cost is $14 for members, $16 for nonmembers.</p>
<p>The meeting fee includes buffet lunch and beverage.</p>
<p>Cattlemen’s Restaurant, 12409 Folsom Blvd, Rancho Cordova, CA</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://calwriters.org/" target="_blank">http://calwriters.org/</a> for list of all the branches</p>
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong>California Writers Club<br />
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>“Educating writers of all abilities</strong><strong> </strong><strong>in the craft of writing<br />
and in the marketing of their work”</strong></h3>
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<p>Sincerely,</p>
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<div><span><span style="color: #6600cc;"><strong><a href="http://www.lovemadeofheart.com/Platform-Building-Manuscript-Consultant-Editor-Book-Doctor-Writing-Coach-Teresa-LeYung-Ryan.html" target="_blank">22-Day Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan </a><br />
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<p><span><span><span style="color: #6600cc;"><strong><strong><a href="http://writingcoachTeresa.com" target="_blank">http://writingcoachTeresa.com</a></strong> </strong></span></span></span><br />
<a href="http://writingcoachTeresa.com" target="_blank"><strong>Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan</strong></a> <strong><em></em></strong>is on the &#8220;<a href="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/author-and-22-day-coach-teresa-leyung-ryan-on-my-writing-process-blog-tour/" target="_blank">My Writing Process&#8221; Blog Tour</a>.</p>
<p><span><em><strong>Build Your Writer’s Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days: </strong></em><strong><em>Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW</em></strong>. Click <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0983010005?tag=writin0a-20&amp;camp=14573&amp;creative=327641&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;creativeASIN=0983010005&amp;adid=1T7YVYKE271YYMA6004P&amp;&amp;ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lovemadeofheart.com%2F" target="_blank">here for print</a> edition. Click <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Build-Your-Writers-Platform-Fanbase-ebook/dp/B005J9ZEIA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;sr=&amp;qid=" target="_blank">here for Kindle</a> edition. &#8220;Reach out, not stress out.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span>Teresa’s novel <strong><em>Love Made of Heart</em></strong><em>:</em> <strong><em>a Mother’s Mental Illness Forges Forgiveness in Daughter Ruby</em></strong> is used in college courses and archived at the San Francisco History Center.</span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[How Do We Help Libraries? Seems like we need to constantly watch over beloved underdog libraries.  http://saveoaklandlibrary.org/ Again, thank you dear friend Martha Alderson for forwarding the email from Kathy Shepler.   Thank you dear friend Chandra Garsson for stepping out today to participate in the 14 hours-14 branches READ IN to save Oakland libraries. I [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Save-Oakland-Library-poster-2011.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2681" title="Save Oakland Library poster 2011 Protect Measure Q" src="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Save-Oakland-Library-poster-2011-231x300.jpg" alt="" width="208" height="270" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Seems like we need to constantly watch over beloved underdog libraries.  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://saveoaklandlibrary.org/" target="_blank">http://saveoaklandlibrary.org/</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Again, thank you dear friend <a href="http://blockbusterplots.com/" target="_blank">Martha Alderson</a> for forwarding the email from Kathy Shepler.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Chandra-Garsson-and-Teresa-LeYung-Ryan-Oakland-City-Council-Meeting-June-16-2009.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2679" title="Artist Chandra Garsson and author Teresa LeYung Ryan help Oakland libraries again by speaking out at City Council meetings" src="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Chandra-Garsson-and-Teresa-LeYung-Ryan-Oakland-City-Council-Meeting-June-16-2009-277x300.jpg" alt="" width="194" height="210" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;">Thank you dear friend <a href="http://flyingpaintproductions.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chandra Garsson</a> for stepping out today to participate in the 14 hours-14 branches READ IN to save Oakland libraries. I like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2126742408873.128528.1255293436" target="_blank">your photo album on facebook</a>.  I like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmq7BVgKzf8" target="_blank">your 45-second film of me on YouTube</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;">Here are emails&#8211;Oakland Mayor &amp; City Council Members, etc. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/help-our-underdog-public-libraries-in-every-city-town-incorporated-and-unincorporated-area-in-the-united-states-of-america/" target="_blank">http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/help-our-underdog-public-libraries-in-every-city-town-incorporated-and-unincorporated-a&#8230;rea-in-the-united-states-of-america/</a> See you tomorrow <strong>June 21, 2011, 5:30pm  at Oakland City Council meeting</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;"><span style="color: #686845; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><strong></strong></span>One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza<br />
First and Second Floors<br />
Oakland, CA  94612<br />
Phone:(510) 238-3612<br />
Voice Mail:(510) 238-3611<br />
Email: cityclerk@oaklandnet.com</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Apply for a speaker&#8217;s card:<br />
<span style="color: #686845; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><strong></strong></span><a href="http://www.oaklandnet.com/cityclerk/speaker_instructions.htm" target="_blank">http://www.oaklandnet.com/cityclerk/speaker_instructions.htm</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;">Your &#8220;film voice&#8221; and &#8220;camera voice&#8221; are mighty. I know you&#8217;ll be beautifully &#8220;vocal&#8221; tomorrow at City Council meeting. Thank you for inspiring me to read <em><strong>Saving Your Library: A Guide to Getting, Using and Keeping the Power You Need</strong></em> by Sally Gardner Reed.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Here&#8217;s Amy Martin&#8217;s letter to Mayor Quan: <a href="http://oaklandlocal.com/posts/2011/05/save-oakland-libraries-letter-mayor-quan-librarian-amy-martin" target="_blank">http://oaklandlocal.com/posts/2011/05/save-oakland-libraries-letter-mayor-quan-librarian-amy-martin</a> Today, Katy Lever from KGO radio interviewed Amy Martin.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Thank you, journalist Don Hudson!  Not only did he show up for 14 hours-14 branches READ IN to Save Oakland Library (all branches) but also he helped the wonderful volunteers today.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">* * * * * * *</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I am Teresa LeYung Ryan, author of <em><strong>Love Made of Heart</strong></em> and <em><strong>Build Your Writer’s Platform &amp; Fanbase In 22 Days</strong></em>,  asking Mayor Jean Quan, City Council Members, City Administrators, and Everyone who Care about Oakland to please keep Oakland “literate” !<br />
Help our underdog public libraries.<br />
Libraries provide safe space for learning.<br />
Librarians help us identify resources.<br />
Help Oakland survive and thrive by keeping our libraries alive and well.<br />
Email, write letters, call Mayor Quan and City Council Members.</p>
<p>Thank you, Everyone!!!!!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Writing Career Coach <a href="http://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/" target="_blank">Teresa LeYung Ryan</a></p>
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