Peter Block, renowned author and consultant, is a champion for empowerment, stewardship, chosen accountability, and the reconciliation of community in our work places and our neighborhoods.
http://www.peterblock.com/aboutp.html

Cave Canem is committed to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African-American poetry. Celebrating their tenth year, Cave Canem's Gathering Ground tenth-anniversary anthology celebrated the glorious spectrum of African-American voices. Available now at www.amazon.com
http://www.cavecanempoets.org/

Dubbed “poetry heaven”, The Dodge Poetry Festival is dedicated to refreshing K-12 teachers, who generously devote their energy and time to encourage others, and to immersing students in the life-giving waters of poetry.
http://www.grdodge.org/poetry/

Sweet Honey in the Rock is an experience, a force, a septet of powerful voices combined with hand percussion instruments, to move, encourage, and sing the praises of love, activism, and social change.
http://www.sweethoney.com/

The West Coast’s largest celebration of poetry and poets, The Skagit River Poetry Festival is the capstone event to the year-long Skagit River Poetry Project, which features more than 50 appearances by poets in classrooms throughout rural Skagit County to work one-on-one with students and teachers.
http://www.skagitriverpoetry.org/poetry

Tina Allen is an internationally renowned sculptor and painter, and a awe-inspiring woman. In Tina’s hands, bronze is transmuted into the noblest expressions of the human spirit. Her creations appear in some of the most prestigious galleries in the U.S. and abroad. http://www.tinaallen.com/