From the event’s Facebook page:

Doors open and dinner is served at 7.
Open mic begins around 7:30. Bring your friends! Bring your art! You are welcome! Free for under 26, $10 suggested donation for over 26. Organized by the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain and hosted by Kaleigh O’Keefe.

FEATURED ARTIST: Kofi Dadzie

Kofi Dadzie is a Ghanaian poet from Westborough, Massachusetts by way of New York. Dadzie has been competing in youth slams since 2013. Dadzie was a returning member of Boston’s Brave New Voices runner-up team, a member of the third place finishing House Slam team at the national poetry slam, and a fifth place finisher at the Individual World Poetry Slam in Spokane Washington. Dadzie uses writing as his central form of artistic expression and activism. His hobbies include frying plantains, and debating the artistic relevance of Meek Mill.

FEATURED ORG: Deeper Than Water

#DeeperThanWater is an abolitionist coalition working against incarceration and water injustice in MA (and across the world) while demanding the immediate provision of clean, safe, free, healthy water to prisoners affected by contaminated water.

If you are part of an organization that you think should be featured at our next open mic, please get in touch with us!