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JUST BE(LOVED) Poetry Slam & Open Mic
Fri, Feb 06
|JustBook-ish
JustBe(Loved) is a poetry slam and open mic that occurs every 1st & 3rd Friday at JustBook-ish and is curated by Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah and Crystal Valentine. The feature for this month will be poet and story|teller, FreeQuency.
Time & Location
Feb 06, 2026, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
JustBook-ish , 1463 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02122, USA
Guests
About the event
www.FreeQuencySpeaks.com | FreeQuency is a Kenyan, Immigrant, Shoga|Queer storyteller, speaker & feeler. The 2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion, a 2017 TEDWomen speaker and ranked 3rd at the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam, FreeQuency is a highly sought after performer, host, social justice teaching artist and workshop leader. Rooted in various global communities & having spent their life at the intersection of arts, education and activism, they and|or their work in Reproductive Justice, #BlackLivesMatter organizing & activism, LGBTQ+ advocacy and writing have been featured on The Independent, the New York Times, OkayAfrica, Upworthy, TEDx, For Harriet, Teen Vogue, Huffington Post, Everyday Feminism, & other outlets.
FreeQuency is the the founder of A Gate is Leaning: A Black Poetry Series, EMERGENT: A Storytellers Retreat at Foxfire Ranch (2018) and a cofounder of the Afro-Fashion & Culture blog Noirlinians. They are a recipient of the Louisiana’s Worldmakers Grant (2021), The Poets…