Similar to the Marcus Center’s Dr. King Birthday Celebration, we are engaging our youth through an art, essay and spoken word contest. The inaugural César E. Chávez Spoken Word Contest will take place on Sunday, March 24^th at the Marcus Center for Performing Arts.

Attached is a flier — contest guidelines here.

Hard copies will be made available at the following public libraries:

Central Library – 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233
Washington Park – 2121 N. Sherman Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53208
Mitchell Street – 906 W. Historic Mitchell St., Milwaukee, WI 53204

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Inaugural César E. Chávez Spoken Word Contest

by Marcus Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
February 25, 2019

<h1>Inaugural César E. Chávez Spoken Word Contest</h1>
<p class="byline">by Marcus Performing Arts Center, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service <br />February 25, 2019</p>
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<p class="p1">Similar to the Marcus Center’s Dr. King Birthday Celebration, we are engaging our youth through an art, essay and spoken word contest. The inaugural César E. Chávez Spoken Word Contest will take place on Sunday, March 24<sup>th</sup> at the Marcus Center for Performing Arts.</p>
<p>Attached is a flier —&nbsp;<strong><a href="https://www.marcuscenter.org/Documents/Cesar-Chavez-Contest-Guidelines-FINAL.pdf">contest guidelines here</a>.</strong></p>
<p>Hard copies will be made available at the following public libraries:</p>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Central Library – 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53233</li>
<li>Washington Park – 2121 N. Sherman Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53208</li>
<li>Mitchell Street – 906 W. Historic Mitchell St., Milwaukee, WI 53204</li>
</ul>
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