This month’s Omaha Poetry Slam is featuring United States National Youth Poet Laureate, Stephanie Pacheco! @‌thestephaniepacheco

Come for a 20-minute set with Stephanie Pacheco, stay for the Omaha Poetry Slam!

$50 cash prize, $10 Suggested Entry

Saturday, October 12
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Performance starts at 7:00 p.m.
Located at Dry Spokes, 1901 Leavenworth St, Omaha, NE 68102.

ABOUT THE WRITER
Stephanie Pacheco is the 2024-2025 National Youth Poet Laureate and served as the 2023 NYC Youth Poet Laureate and the inaugural New York State Youth Poet Laureate. She was also a member of Urban Word’s 2022 Youth Slam Team.

Hailing from The Bronx, she has been a leading organizer and strategist with several activist organizations, including the Healing Centered Schools Task Force, working to mobilize youth across the city against educational injustice. She is a recipient of the 2021 Princeton Prize in Race Relations. Her advocacy and poetry have been highlighted by The New York Times, The Today Show, NPR, The Daily News, CBS, and other publications.

She has spoken and performed in notable venues such as The Schomburg Center, The Apollo Theater, The Barclays Center, The New York Public Library, TedXCUNY, and more.