POETRY & POLITICS
with JEN WICKHAM
Poetry & Politics with Jen Wickham brings the power of poetry to the revolutionary dreamer. Featuring poetry readings and discussion interviews, this podcast hopes to inspire the listener into radical action and big dreams.
This space will feature original poems written by Jen and will also uplift and hold space for guests and their visionary projects. The dream all started in 2019 while doing mainstream media interviews that left a desire to go deeper into subjects of sovereignty and people upholding their ancestral responsibilities. It will be a space that can hold everything from desire to heartbreak on a personal and existential level.
The podcast will be published through Anchor and available on all platforms podcasts can be found, with an episode coming out monthly. There will be opportunity to connect in-between episodes for our Patreon subscribers with updates and mini readings or reflections.
This podcast is currently self funded; supplemented by generous listeners such as yourselves, so please subscribe to ensure continuity here.
If you would like to be a guest on the show please submit a profile here and if you have any recommendations please send a message here!
Misiyh!
Jen is a member of Cas Yikh (Grizzly Bear House) in the Gidimt’en (Bear/Wolf) Clan of the Witsuwit’en people. She is a poet, land defender, beader, mother and bad-ass aunty!
Jen has a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from the University of Victoria with a major in English and a minor in Indigenous Studies, as well as a Bachelor of Education from the University of Northern British Columbia, focusing on secondary years. Her debut book of poetry “I’m a Real Skin” came out in 2013 and since then her projects include being the Media Coordinator for the Gidimt’en Checkpoint, and currently working on a feature-length documentary film about Witsuwit’en sovereignty as a co-director and creative producer.
Jen is currently living in Gidimt’en yintah (territory) in what is now known as northern British Columbia. She loves to bead and spend time with family. She dreams of freedom for her people and bright shiny futures for all the young people!
Contact Jen for media inquiries and other information.
Tabï misiyh Bulkley Valley Concert Association!
I was recently granted some start up funding from the BVCA to buy some equipment and cover some time for me to learn during this process! I am very grateful for this opportunity and thank this local organization for their support!
Please find them here: https://bvca.me