2016-2018 Aurora Harris Poetry Readings, Workshops, Presentations

• Annual: September 2018-March 2019: Broadside Lotus Press Poets Theater resumes at the University of Detroit-Mercy, lower level, in Grounds Coffee Haus. Poetry workshop with new and work in progress, critique by new attendees and seasoned poets, and open mic. 
• August 11, 2018 Saginaw African Culture Festival, Saginaw MI. Read my poem "War is Here" with In the Tradition Jazz. 
• July 25, 2018:  DIFSM Poetry Workshop for Youth at Faith Tabernacle Church. The youth wrote individual and group poems. 
• April 28, 2018:  Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History: Poetry Month. I read excerpts from my upcoming book, "From A Detroit War Primer" with music by In The Tradition Jazz
• October 14,  2017:  Thelonious Monk's Dream Concert with Marion Hayden's Band. I read my poem  "Monk:"  Click on the picture to start the video, then go to the left bottom to turn the volume up. https://photos.google.com/…/AF1QipPG1Nrlm_Ix2Bt_WzIzkHjkkIj…
• Annual: September 2017-April 2018:  Broadside Lotus Press Poets Theater resumes at the University of Detroit-Mercy, lower level, in Grounds Coffee Haus. Poetry workshop with new and work in progress, critique by new attendees and seasoned poets, and open mic.

Conferences and Presentations

•  Filipino American National Historical Society Conference. MestisX in the Midwest. Panel organizer and speaker, Chicago, Il  2018       
•  Thelonious Monk’s Dream Concert. Featured Poet with Marion Hayden’s Jazz Band. C. H. Wright Museum    2017
•      Remembering the Detroit 1967 Rebellion. Organized poets to read poems.  C.H. Wright Museum Detroit, MI  2017, 25^th Annual Concert of Colors. Featured poet.    2017            
•      Third Floor Poets Poetry Reading. Co-sponsored by The Writing Center, LPA, AAAS  University of Michigan-Dearborn  2016
• Co-organizer of 1946: A Turning Point. Filipino American National Historical Society Michigan Chapter   2016             
•  Keynote Speaker for 2016 Filipino Graduates; Philippine American Community Center of MI        2016
•   Poetry Judge for the Motown Museum Spoken Word Contests     2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
•  Host for Sankofa Film Series: Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective of Gordon Parks and American Revolutionary. 2016, 2015 Read original poems written for the Half Past Autumn Exhibit.  University MI Detroit Center. Co-sponsored by African and African American Studies, University of MI-Dearborn    
•  Poetry reading of my poems for the League of Extraordinary Poets; University of MI- Dearborn,  2016