The Circle Keeper Project is a series of programs that support East Los Angeles community and cultural workers by providing resources to expand their facilitation practice in arts & culture, wellbeing & health services, and other initiatives focused on violence prevention and intervention, reducing harm and incarceration among our relatives.
Tuesday, April 07, guest facilitator: Luis J. Rodriguez
Luis Javier Rodriguez is a poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist. He was the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Laureate. Luis is recognized as a major figure in contemporary Chicano literature and identifies as a Native Xicanx writer. His best-known work, Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A., received the Carl Sandburg Literary Award. He is a co-founder of Tía Chucha's Centro Cultural.