This Little World: "We Keep Us Safe" with Xavi Moreno

About this episode

Carene Rose Mekertichyan interviews Xavi Moreno about community safety and social justice in Los Angeles.

Independent Shakespeare Co. is back with This Little World ; our revamped Community Action Update podcast! This episode, Ensemble member and Artistic Associate for Social Justice Carene Rose Mekertichyan interviews ensemble member, actor, poet, and proud Angeleno, Xavi Moreno about the harms we are experiencing in our streets of Los Angeles and the role we all have in looking out for our community members. Xavi performs his spoken word poems “Today” and “We Aren’t Mad Enough” and we share a special preview of our upcoming Iambic Lab programming from the featured artists: Kalean Ung, David Melville, & J’aime Morrison. For more, head to indieshakes.org/justice to find links and information about the individuals and organizations featured in this episode and learn more about our social justice initiatives.

People in this episode

Host: Carene Rose Mekertichyan

Guest: Xavi Moreno

Topics covered

• community safety
• social justice
• spoken word poetry
• Los Angeles
• community action
• artistic expression

Keywords

• community
• safety
• social justice
• poetry
• Los Angeles
• art
• Iambic Lab

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Independent Shakespeare Co., Iambic Lab

Books & works: Today, We Aren't Mad Enough

Places: Los Angeles