LA Poet Society is a literary organization dedicated to the community, to make the literary arts inclusive, accessible, and visibile!
A non-profit literary community organization serving Los Angeles county & beyond
EIN: 93-1834479
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since 2009
ABOUT LAPS
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Acknowledgements
The LA Poet Society acknowledges the Indigenous Peoples of who's land we occupy: the Tongva, Chumash, Gabrieleño, and Fernandeño Tataviam tribes.
Black Lives Matter.
The LA Poet Society, a not-for-profit community organization serving Los Angeles County, California, and beyond, stands with Black Lives Matter, in solidarity in the fight for justice in the face of racism, white supremacy, and murder.
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LA Poet Society Inc., (LAPS), began in 2009 by Los Angeles Poet, Jessica M. Wilson, with a goal of uniting literary Los Angeles! It has created writing showcases to serve the many creative communities of Los Angeles county. LAPS has currently served: Downtown Los Angeles, Venice Beach and Venice, CA, North Hollywood and surrounding areas. Their literary arts and poetry showcases have included: Writers' Row -- a showcase of the written art during the popular DTLA Art Walk Thursday's, the SoapBox Poets Open Mic born from the Venice, CA boardwalk offering any artist the opportunity to step up to the SoapBox and be heard. Most recently, the LAPS produces an average of 75 shows a year, including the Poets & Writers ranked Literary series, Writer Wednesdays at Bob's Espresso Bar!
LAPS also participates heavily in 100 Thousand Poets for Change, (100TPC), 100 Thousand Musicians for Change, (100TMC), and has represented Los Angeles at Beyond Baroque since 100TPC began in 2010 bringing awareness and solidarity to the issues affecting the community and bridging the literary network by further partnering with PEACE advocates around the world! LAPS participates in Lit Crawl LA and Lit Crawl Global - a collective action celebrating literacy around the world.
LAPS runs 2 yearly poetry contests, conducts outreach to youth --teaching and sharing creative art and poetry in partnership with California Poets in the Schools, and most recently has partnered with the "Young Oldie" Norman Molesko and has established a Senior Advocacy branch of LAPS to promote Creative Aging to our senior population.
Our Mission...
Our Mission is to create a bridge, fusing the communities of Los Angeles and Southern California Poets, poetry organizations, Writer groups, booksellers, publishers, literary enthusiasts and supporters into a unified social and literary network, making the literary arts inclusive, accessible, and visible to all. LAPS' focal point is to publicize the events and achievements of its members. LAPS also organizes and promotes events, pulling from within its own community, to create and sustain Los Angeles’ literary anchor.
