– My Mind, My Identity: Healing Through Vulnerability –
Mental Wellness Poetry Series
Parlé Endeavors, in collaboration with Love & Kindness Wellness Services and the Brownsville Neighborhood Health Action Center, are hosting a poetry workshop series on mental wellness.
All events are open to youth ages 15 – 24.
Workshops will offer poets an opportunity to share poems (incomplete or complete) around themes that include struggles with mental health, trauma or otherwise triggering. Mental health professionals will support with coping strategies, breathing exercises, mental wellness counseling, and other support.
Workshops are on zoom from 6:00 – 7:00pm on Wednesdays: April 15th, April 22nd and April 29th
TJ, who won our 2025 mental wellness slam will be supporting the workshops as a co-facilitator, sharing his mental health themed poems as well.
You don’t have to attend the poetry slam to attend the workshop – but it is highly suggested that if you are participating in the poetry slam that you attend the workshops.
Poetry Workshops
Wednesday, April 15th
6:00pm
[Day 1]
Wednesday, April 22nd
6:00pm
[Day 2]
Wednesday, April 29th
6:00pm
[Day 3]
First 10 Participants who attend all 3 workshops and the poetry slam will receive a Visa gift card.
Mental Wellness Poetry Slam 2026
Details:
All poems must have themes of mental health, trauma, or healing to considered for the prizes.
Slam starts promptly at 5:00p.m. in Brooklyn. Please arrive early so we can get started on time.
Poets should plan for 2 rounds, where they will perform a poem that is no more than 3 minutes.
Only a select number of poets will move on to the second round.
Hosted by TJ
Prizes as follows:
First Place: $250
Second Place: $150
Third Place: $100
Date: Friday May 8th
5:00pm – 8:00pm
Location:
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza
1368 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11216
