Donté Clark

Donté Clark is a poet and community activist from unincorporated North Richmond, California who works with youth organizations throughout the Richmond area.

As a student in high school, Clark was recruited by his English teacher Molly Raynor who was founding a youth arts program, RAW Talent. Clark became the artistic lead of the program's first play, Té's Harmony, which examined local issues through the structure of Romeo and Juliet. The performance was introduced by poet Luis J. Rodriguez. The 2015 documentary Romeo Is Bleeding follows Clark in the process of writing and performing Té's Harmony.[1]

In July 2014, Clark was made poet laureate of Richmond.[2]

Clark's mentoring of the community's youth has led to some becoming mentors and teachers themselves, including poet and actor DeAndre Evans who appeared with Clark and Will Hartfield reciting poetry for a PBS story about housing in Richmond.[3]

Clark has a supporting role in the 2016 film Kicks.

References

  1. ↑ Love in the Time of Turf Wars by Edgardo Cervano-Soto, Richmond Pulse. February 12, 2013. Accessed April 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ Three poets laureate selected to represent Richmond over next two years. The Richmond Standard. July 14, 2014. Accessed April 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ Poetry exposes truth about public housing in the Bay Area by Victoria Fleischer. February 24, 2014. Accessed April 30, 2015.
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