Event

Philly Pigeon Poetry Slam Feat. Emi Mahmoud

$15 Reserved Seating www.thephillypigeon.com
This event costs $10. All ages welcome. Adult content.

PhilaMOCA
531 N. 12th Street Philly, PA 19123
(Just North of Spring Garden)

Septa: Broad Street Line, 23,43,61

A poetry slam is a competition between poets performing original work judged by members of the audience. This poetry slam is organized by Jacob Winterstein, Kai Davis, Jasmine Combs & Ms. Wise.

Come perform, watch or judge.

**Poets wishing to compete should arrive at 8:30 to put their names in the hat. For this month all poets who put their name in the hat pay $5. At 9:00pm poets names will be picked out of the hat. Preference will be given to Women who have slammed this season.**

The Pigeon* is excited to announce that this month's feature and workshop** leader:

EMI MAHMOUD

Originating from Darfur and raised in Philadelphia, Emtithal (Emi) Mahmoud is the reigning Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and one of BBCs 100 Most Influential Women of 2015.

She is currently a senior at Yale University, a Leonore Annenberg Scholar, and Global Health Fellow.

She studies Molecular Biology in the hopes of one day alleviating structural disparities on maternal and child health in disadvantaged communities the world over.