If you are an ethnically conscious spoken word artist, and you want to contribute to the enlightenment of your community while meeting people with the same aspirations, then Leimert Park is definitely a place to be.
Every Saturday night, from 8 to 10 PM, Aroma Zone tea and coffee house in Leimert Park hosts the Soul Speech poetry reading and open mic. Soul Speech is produced by Soulforce Communications, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising consciousness, betterment and enlightenment of the community through poetry, spoken word, and other types of artistic expression. And you don't have to be of African descent to be welcomed at the Zone -- just bring the message of peace, understanding, and belief in the Most High, and you are on your way to becoming one of the "souljahs." (souljah = warrior, but also "soul jah" - hence the spelling)
Aroma Zone coffee house is located at 3546 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Leimert Park, just east of Crenshaw. The telephone number is 323-298-1555, and one of the three (very) friendly owners would be happy to give you directions how to get there if you are not familiar with the area. By the way, while you are there, try some of their tea lattes. I can personally testify they make a mean Moroccan Mint Latte.
Raving about Soul Speech and speaking from the soul for LitRave,
Jelena aka Helen The Bashful Dragon
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