Carlos Andrés Gómez: VIDEOS & POEMS

On Saturday, a man shot 8 people at the Eaton Centre in downtownToronto.  At a mall I’ve visited many times in a city I love dearly.

This past February, a man shot 3 people half a block from my apartment inBrooklyn.

I wish these were two isolated examples. 

I wish I didn’t have too many to list.

It is time to break the cycle of violence amongst men.  Today.  Here.  Right now.

I am incredibly proud to share this collaboration with Jeff Perera and Dennis Lieu based on a poem I wrote…

Watch it.  Share it. 

Let’s start something.

“How to Fight” by Carlos Andrés Gómez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKMhp7hpYIs

Posted 11 months ago
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“Words Worth” by Carlos Andrés Gómez

Posted 1 year ago
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Carlos Andrés Gómez performs “Gifted” (poem for his little sister)

Posted 1 year ago
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Carlos Andrés Gómez & Savion Glover on Broadway

Posted 1 year ago
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“Never Again” (Rwanda poem) by Carlos Andrés Gómez

Posted 1 year ago
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“Juan Valdez” by Carlos Andrés Gómez (Live at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe)

Posted 1 year ago
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Carlos Andrés Gómez - “What’s Genocide?” (HBO’s “Def Poetry,” Season 6)

Posted 1 year ago
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CARLOS ANDRÉS GÓMEZ (HBO Def Poet) performs his love poem “EVERYTHING”

Posted 1 year ago
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“distinctly beautiful” by carlos andrés gómez

Posted 1 year ago
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“Handstitch” in Denver (A Poem of Protest: Against Prop 8) by Carlos Andrés Gómez

Posted 1 year ago
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“SAVE AFRICA” by Carlos Andrés Gómez

Posted 1 year ago
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