Daniel Summerhill

Third Thursday Poetry Night Featuring Daniel Summerhill

Daniel Summerhill
Photo credit: Robert Cooper

Poet Daniel B. Summerhill will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 7:30PM.

Daniel Summerhill was previously named “Youth Poet Laureate” in 2009, is an Oakland raised, & a nationally recognized poet & performance artist.  His poetry collections include Brown Boys on Stoops and the recent Crafted.

A reading by a local or regional poet is held each Third Thursday at the Social Justice Center. The event includes an open mic for audience members to read. Sign-up starts at 7:00PM, with the reading beginning at 7:30. The host of the readings is Albany poet and photographer Dan Wilcox. The suggested donation is $3.00, which helps support this and other poetry programs of the Poetry Motel Foundation, and the work of the Social Justice Center. For more information about this event contact Dan Wilcox, 518-482-0262 or dwlcx@earthlink.net.

The Social Justice Center, founded in 1981, is a non-profit organization working for progressive social change through education, community building and collective action. The center advances the struggles against racism and for peace and justice. For further information about the SJC call 518-434-4037.