Spring Events 2024

Verse for Vets (facilitator)
Thursday 2/15, 5pm
virtual
Register here:
https://asu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvceqgrDgiHt0urCKXJQlzxKGZ1SmwEWLJ#/registration

Erotic Poetry & Music Festivus (host of Garden Stage)
Friday 2/16, 8pm
Alwun House
Purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/erotic-poetry-music-festivus-tickets-789787354237?aff=efbevent&fbclid=IwAR1mIPVBZSpQ8LE5z7AMeXdAGL8lGqzG92JDn5lMrxINZdUplrkvePadhsA

Careers & Coffee (guest speaker)
sponsored by HigherEdMilitary
Wednesday, 2/21, 10am
virtual
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/narrative-medicine-and-therapeutic-poetry-for-veterans-tickets-810692371707?aff=oddtdtcreator

Launch of Grey Matter (host)
sponsored by the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix
Thursday, 2/29, 6pm
virtual
Join here: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/81656540115

Outspoken: Poetry Readings in Celebration of International Women’s Day
Saturday, 3/9, 1-3pm
SMoCA
Reserve free tickets herehttps://smoca.org/events/

Barrett Honors College Doctrine of Care Panel (moderator)
Thursday, 3/21, 5pm
Tempe Campus

Launch of Bloody Funny Community Zine (co-host & reader)
Saturday 3/30, 6pm
Trans Am Café

OLLI Celebration of Excellence (co-keynote)
Health Futures Center
Wednesday, April 3, 12:30pm
Tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/olli-celebration-of-excellence-tickets-852585966577?aff=eemailordconf&ref=eemailordconf&utm_campaign=order_confirm&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eventbrite&utm_term=viewevent

Grand Rounds Banner-University Medical Center (guest speaker)
Friday 4/12, 8am
In-Person & Virtual
B-UMCP, Amphitheater, LL2

Celebrating Veterans Stories: A Reading by Veteran-Writers (host)
co-sponsored by OVMAE and OLLI
Thursday 4/18, 6pm
virtual
Register here: https://asu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsc-2upzsjH9JH5FBIR1TV2H7Oe2VJohKf#/registration

National Poetry Month Reading (co-feature)
Friday 4/19, 7pm
Yellow Spruce Roasters

Grey Matter Poetry Month Reading (host)
Tuesday, 4/30, 6pm
Virtual
Join here: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/88190413926

Second Annual Launch of ISSUED: stories of service (host)
Wednesday, 5/15, 6pm
Changing Hands Phoenix (free)

Academic Talks & Conferences (2022-23)

• Applications of Poetic Medicine Across Medically Vulnerable Populations & Providers, Grand Rounds, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, December 7, 2023.
• The Poetics of Neurodiversity, 11th Annual AZ Bioethics Conference, April 14, 2023.
• The Poetry Pharmacy: A Prescription for Provider Compassion, Grand Rounds, Banner University Medical Center/U of A College of Medicine-Phoenix, April 14, 2023.
• Every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you: Approaching Health Equity through Poetry, U of A College of Medicine-Phoenix, April 1, 2022.
• What the World Needs Now: Wellness & Healing through Literary Arts (moderator and panelist), Association of Writers/Writing Programs (AWP), Philadelphia, March 26, 2022.
• Poetic Therapy as a Complementary Modality, Clinical Psych doctoral students, CISA, ASU, February 16, 2022.
• Where Healthcare Meets the Humanities: The Therapeutic Value of Poetry, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at ASU, February 3, 2022.
• Navigating Cancer Through Poetry, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at ASU, January 28, 2022.

Community Talks (2022-23)

• Bibliotherapy in Practice, Friends of the Library Annual Luncheon, Burton Barr Library, Phoenix, AZ, April 28, 2023.
• Where Humanities Meets Healthcare: The Therapeutic Power of Poetry, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, November 3, 2022.
• Poetry as Self-Care, Tishomingo Arts Council & Reconnect 4 Autism, Corinth, MS, July 21, 2022.
• Where Healthcare Meets the Humanities: The Therapeutic Value of Poetry, Patagonia Library, Copper Queen Library, Bisbee AZ, May 10, 2022.
• Where Healthcare Meets the Humanities: The Therapeutic Value of Poetry, Glendale Public Library, Glendale, AZ, April 25, 2022.
• The Medicinal Value of Poetry, TEDx, Grand Canyon University, April 8, 2022.
• (Therapeutic) Poetry as a Portal, Arizona State Poetry Society Annual Conference, January 8th, 2022.

Feature & Ceremonial Readings (2022-23)

• College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (CISA) Convocation, ASU, Tempe, AZ, December 11, 2023.
• Obliq Art Soiree, Larry Ortega Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, October 21, 2023.
• AZ Women’s Hall of Fame, AZ State Capital, Phoenix, AZ, April 27, 2023.
• In Celebration of Women (exhibition opening reception), Herberger Art Gallery, March 3, 2023.
• College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (CISA) Convocation, ASU, Tempe, AZ, December 12, 2022.
• 10-Year Accreditation Celebration, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, December 1, 2022.
• Obliq Art Soiree, Larry Ortega Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, October 22, 2022.
• Five Poets, Trans Am Café, Phoenix, AZ, September 5, 2022.
• Artists 4 Stanton (a fundraiser for Congressman Greg Stanton), Art Intersection Gallery, Gilbert, AZ, August 13, 2022.
• A Reading for Tishomingo Arts Council, Crossroads Poetry Project, & Reconnect 4 Autism, Corinth, MS, July 21, 2022.
• Open Skies, Desert Voices: A Poetry Reading for Women’s History Month, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), March 31. 2022.