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Poet Jamal Washington asks Columbia for partnership to expand youth arts programs and bring Southern Fried Poetry Slam
2149346 · January 22, 2025
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Local poet and nonprofit director Jamal Washington asked the City of Columbia to partner with his nonprofit on youth programming and to support hosting the Southern Fried Poetry Slam, a national poetry competition, in Columbia.
Jamal Washington, executive director of Poetry, Entertainment, Arts, Community and Education (PEACE), urged the City of Columbia to partner with his recently formed nonprofit to expand youth poetry and arts programming and to help bring the Southern Fried Poetry Slam — a national poetry competition — to Columbia.
Washington told the council he has…
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