The Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh held its Sixth Annual Poetry Slam at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty. The Fair Housing Partnership is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating equal housing choice in southwestern Pennsylvania through fair housing advocacy, housing discrimination testing and comprehensive housing counseling services.
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| THE JUDGES—The judges of the contest, from left: Stephen A. Glassman, president & CEO of Community Design Center of Pittsburgh; Tony Buba, filmmaker, documentarian; Salita Seibert, Ph.D. candidate in literature; Magdeline Jensen, CEO of the YWCA of Pittsburgh; Kimberly Easton, award winning journalist, reporter; J.T. Thomas, first Black athletic graduate of FSU and former All Pro Steeler. (Photos by Rossano P. Stewart)
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This year’s Poetry Slam event gave poets of all ages, an opportunity to express themselves creatively and fluently. The criteria for the contest is, each poet must direct their poetry at the concerns for and about fair housing. While performing, the artists are judged by six of Pittsburgh’s noted professionals.
Door prizes were also given to raffle winners and the evening proved to be a success. Winners were chosen by the judges through scoring and tabulations as poets competed for prizes of: 1st place $500, 2nd place $250 and 3rd place $100. The emcee for the competition was Gab Bonesso, an award-winning comedian, columnist, playwright and actor from Pittsburgh. She is currently the host of AEOTV for American Eagle Outfitters.
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