Events

Learn how to facilitate powerful personal poetry that inspires healing & growth in your community!
Join Speaking Volumes 2023, our fourth annual fall celebration, on September 21st!
Apply to join Pongo's 2023-2024 team of poetry mentors and support youth healing through poetry writing!
Don't miss Pongo's latest poetry reading at the Northwest Folklife Festival on May 28th!
Join Pongo's GiveBig campaign to fuel our poetry programming for incarcerated youth!
On April 19th, join Pongo and Hugo House for a showcase of youth poetry and creativity!
Join Ignite Pongo on Saturday May 13th to cultivate your skills in trauma-informed poetry mentorship with youth!
Join us for Pongo Poetry night at Third Place Books Ravenna, to enjoy readings of Pongo youth poetry, participate in an open mic, and meet the amazing members of this community!
Join Ignite Pongo on Saturday October 22nd to learn foundational techniques to facilitate personal, healing poetry in your classroom, therapeutic practice, or community space.
Join Speaking Volumes 2022 on September 28th! Our third annual fall celebration will feature Ross Gay as the guest of honor and the voices and stories of the youth Pongo serves.
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