This April 6th installment of our family friendly art-based education program, Sou Sou! Saturdays celebrates the written and spoken word in the spirit of National Poetry Month with traditional Haitian call-and-response storytelling, Krik-Krak!

This community workshop featuring Ibi Zoboi and Jeff Dess provides a creative space for families and youth to expand their understanding of Haitian oral traditions and its shared lineage with the broader African diaspora throughout the Caribbean.

This event will also feature a poetry-writing workshop led by Stephanie Pacheco of East Harlem Poets Collective, an initiative created by Willie Perdomo, State Poet of NY (2021-2023), in partnership with A New York State of Poetry and the Teachers & Writes Collaborative.

There is no cost to attend this event. Space is limited; registration is strongly suggested. You can register at the link below.

Attendees will be able to view the current exhibition, BYENVENI.

REGISTER HEREInspired by the financial resource sharing traditions known throughout the African Diaspora by such names as “Collecta,” “Box Hand,” “San,” “Partna,” or “Sou-Sou,” this family-based art and education program reinterprets Sou Sou as an exchange of cultural resources.