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Roscoe Burnems

Acceptance

part of a series on Acceptance

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Roscoe Burnems poetically speaks on love, grief, gender roles, joy, race, privilege, and more.

When Roscoe accepted our invite to speak on Acceptance, we didn’t know that he would leave us in awe with his spoken word performance intermingled with funny, insightful commentary. Delight in this talk with us.

About the speaker

Douglas Powell (artistically known as Roscoe Burnems) is a teaching artist, spoken-word artist, comedic artist, National Poetry Slam Champion, the first poet laureate of Richmond, VA and a proud father of three. He has dedicated his craft to educating and entertaining and using his art to creating challenging conversations and finding solutions.

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