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Friday Free Write with Susan Justiniano
Heirlooms: That which we inherit
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Through generations of passing on traditions, spoken, written, or in stories of myth, we accept familial and societal heirlooms without question. RescuePoetix explores traditions that no longer serve us, those that remain strong in our lives and evolving past habits to break generational oppressive cycles to make space for future heirlooms through the use of prompts, free write, language, sharing and discussion.
Susan Justiniano | RescuePoetix, is a self-taught bilingual globally published performing poet, advocate, spoken word artist, recording artist and teaching artist. Her passion for words started at age 9 with a dictionary, notebook, and the latest paperback she could get her hands on.
In 2006 RescuePoetix™ emerged as a professional artist entrepreneur. As a published performing poet, she has recorded poems to music, in English and Spanish, is deeply immersed in the Arts across communities throughout NJ, NY, CT,MA, PA and MD and is developing a body of work that focuses on the rich linguistic poetry.
She is twice honored as Poet Laureate: First Puerto Rican woman Poet Laureate of Jersey City, NJ (2020-2022) and State of New Jersey Beat Poet Laureate (2022-2024). She expands the position of Poet Laureate of Jersey City to engage artists of varied cultures and languages to reflect the diversity of Jersey City as a community, advocate for artists as professionals and establish that multilingual events, including ASL and trilingual translations, are mainstream and spotlights the importance of embracing the rich cultural diversity within the Arts.
Spinning verses in Spanish and English, her words weave stories of strength, growth, experience, and love in its many evolving forms.
As an arts advocate, she serves on the boards of In Full Color (Jersey City), Art Pride NJ (Co-Lead, Independent Advisory Board), Art Pride NJ Strategic Planning Committee, House on the Waterfront MD (DMV – Founding Partner), Bergen County Players, EDI Committee (Oradell NJ), International Women's Writing Guild, Planning Committee and committees throughout the USA with a focus on equity and equality in the Arts.
More info: https://linktr.ee/rescuepoetix