Join us for a family friendly, future-building, collaborative poetry-making workshop. Experimenting with the infinite layers of language, lyric, and memory, participants will share family stories, learn from, and find inspiration in the sage words of Octavia Butler, and create their own poetry posters for our future.

This workshop is for adults and kids 12 years old and up. All Individuals and families are welcome! No prior experience with poetry and creative writing required. 

Jason Magabo Perez is a Filipino American writer, performer, scholar, teacher, and anti-disciplinary Gemini thinker. Perez is the author of numerous works in poetry and performance, including his most recent book of poetry, I ask about what falls away (Kaya Press, 2024). From 2023-24, Perez served as San Diego Poet Laureate and was a Poet Laureate Fellow with the Academy of American Poets. Currently, Perez is an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at CSU San Marcos and a 2025 Earth(S)eed Fellow with The New Children’s Museum!