Spoken Word Poetry that tells Herstory: Jessica Helen Lopez at TEDxABQ

Jessica Helen Lopez is a nationally recognized award-winning poetry slam champion, and currently holds the title of 2012 Women of the World (WOW) City of ABQ Champion. She's also a member of the Macondo Foundation. Founded by Sandra Cisneros, it is an association of socially engaged writers united to advance creativity, foster generosity, and honor community. Her first collection of poetry, Always Messing With Them Boys (West End Press, 2011) made the Southwest Book of the Year reading list and was also awarded the Zia Book Award presented by NM Women Press.
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In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxABQ, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxABQ event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

[@LunaSea82]

AMAZING! SO MUCH PASSION AND BEAUTY. A TRUE GODDESS

[@savannahs.9248]

WOW this poetress is fantastic B👏🏻R👏🏻A👏🏻V👏🏻O she is so compelling and moving with her performance and her interpretation of both poems had me in tears and wishing desperately that I had her courage to write my own poems and share my story...maybe one day 🙌🙌👍👍❤️❤️

[@emetrudolfo3700]

I hope you have started writing. Your story is worth telling. We can not let our stories die with us. I hope that "one day" has come. I look forward to reading your poems.

[@mikefuller6959]

How does she know all this from memory?!

[@Elenapf919]

I love you thia Jess!!!

[@mikefuller6959]

All My Poems Are Shit!!!

[@emetrudolfo3700]

I doubt that. We are our harshest critics.