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Yolanda Wisher
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2019 Leeway Transformation Award – $15,000
- Neighborhood: Germantown
- Discipline: Literary Arts
- Social Change / Intent: Cultural Preservation, Racial Justice
Yolanda was named the inaugural poet laureate of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in 1999 and the third poet laureate of Philadelphia in 2016. A Pew and Cave Canem Fellow, she has been a Writer in Residence at Hedgebrook and Aspen Words. The 2017-2018 CPCW Fellow in Poetics and Poetic Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, Mural Arts of Greater Philadelphia, and founded and directed the Germantown Poetry and Outbound Poetry Festivals. She performs a unique blend of poetry and song with her band The Afroeaters and has led workshops and curated events in partnership with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Free Library of Philadelphia, Business Innovation Factory, and U.S. Department of Arts & Culture. She currently works as the Curator of Spoken Word at Philadelphia Contemporary and is part of the first cohort of artists with studios at the Cherry Street Pier on the Delaware River Waterfront.
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