Event: Fresno Women Read’s First Annual Community Reading
Tower Sports Bar, December 2016
Readers: Sandra Arevalo, Megan Bronson, Phyllis Brotherton, Amber Carpenter, Angela Corbett, Jennifer De la Cruz, Carole Firstman, Esmeralda Gamez, Gloria Hernandez, Alysha Hoffa, Breanna Johnson, Michelle Patton, Chelsey See Xiong
Emcee: Brenda Venezia
Call for readers for the first annual community reading
Flier for the first annual community reading. Flier by Amber Carpenter
Group photo of organizers and (almost all) readers
The beautiful audience for Fresno Women Read’s first community reading
The line-up for the first annual community reading
Broadside available at first annual community reading in honor of local poet and activist, Mia Barraza Martinez, featuring her poem, “I Am Learning,” along with artwork created for the broadside by local artist, Lauren Baker
Melanie Kachadoorian emceeing the first annual community reading
Sandra Arevalo
Megan Bronson
Esmeralda Gamez
Angela Corbett
Jennifer De La Cruz
Phyllis Brotherton
Breanna Johnson
Alysha Hoffa
Michelle Patton
Carole Firstman
Chelsey See Xiong reads at the first annual community reading
Angela Corbett reading at the first annual community reading
Michelle Patton reads at the first annual community reading
Gloria Hernandez reading at the first annual community reading
Esmeralda Gamez reading at the first annual community reading
Jennifer De La Cruz reads at the first annual Fresno Women Read community reading
Phyllis Brotherton reads at the first annual Fresno Women Read community reading
Sandra Arevalo reading at the first annual community reading
Amber Carpenter reads at the first annual Fresno Women Read community reading
Phyllis Brotherton reading at the first annual community reading
Alysha Hoffa reads at the first annual community reading
Breanna Johnson reads at the first annual Fresno Women Read community reading
Six-year-old audience member, Brooklyn White, was inspired to write a poem of her own as she listened to the readers
Fresno Women Read organizers, Amber Carpenter, Sarah Warren, Brenda Venezia, and Melanie Kachadoorian
Fresno Women Read 