Meet Our Workshop Lead, Bruce Poinsette
Photo Credit: Mercatus
Bruce Poinsette is a writer, educator and community organizer whose work is primarily based in the Portland Metro Area. He hosts “The Blacktastic Adventure: A Virtual Exploration of Oregon’s Black Diaspora” and “The Bruce Poinsette Show” on the Numberz FM. A former reporter for the Skanner News Group, his work has also appeared in the Oregonian, Street Roots, Oregon Humanities, and We Out Here Magazine, as well as projects such as the Mercatus Collective and the Urban League of Portland’s State of Black Oregon 2015. Poinsette also contracts with the University of Oregon Equity and Inclusion Office and numerous Oregon nonprofits, as well as teaches journalism and creative nonfiction with Literary Arts’ Writers in the Schools (WITS) program. In addition to his professional writing work, Poinsette is also an organizer with Respond to Racism LO, a grassroots anti-racism organization in his hometown of Lake Oswego, Oregon."
BRUCE IS LEADING THE FOLLOWING WORKSHOP:
NARRATIVE AS AN ORGANIZING TOOL, AUGUST 2022
WEBSITE | brucepoinsette.com
TWITTER | twitter.com/brucepoinsette
PATREON | patreon.com/brucepoinsette