&SpokenWord: AGuidetoSelf-Care
MENTESummitWorkshopbyMiguel
Rodriguez
Hip-Hop
1. Introductions + History (10 mins)
2. Top 5 List (5 mins)
3. Spoken Word (10 mins)
4. Let’s Make a Song Together (20 mins)
Introductions + History
MiguelRodriguez(akaMikeFirm)isaPortland-basedcreativewitha focusonmultimedia,storytelling,andcommunitybuilding.Duringthe past10+yearshehasworkedinsecondaryandhighereducation,aswell asthemuseumandnonprofitsectors.
Heleadshisworkwithsystems-level,community-led,and relationship-basedpracticesandvalues.Miguel’sroleasadesigneristo notonlyhighlightthepervasivesystemsthatadverselyimpactour conditions,buttoalsotakeactionablestepstowardscreatingnewand justfutureswithhiscommunities.Thisrequiresaninterdisciplinary, collaborative,andpeople-centeredapproachthatcentersdesign justiceandparticipatoryframeworks.
MiguelcurrentlyworksattheOregonMuseumofScienceandIndustry (OMSI)asaTalentDevelopment&InclusionStrategist,andhehasanMFA inCollaborativeDesignfromthePacificNorthwestCollegeofArt(PNCA) andBSinMathematicsfromPortlandStateUniversity.
Introductions + History
Word:AGuidetoSelf-CarebyMiguelRodriguez
Top 5 List: Miguel’s List
Questions
What’syourtopfive?
Whyaretheyimportanttoyou? Whatareyoulookingforinmusic?
LupeFiasco KendrickLamar Common SlugofAtmosphere Ab-Soul
Spoken Word: Flowers
See the truth in your heart it's all in the eye...ris/
Rainbow road blues turning ultraviolet/
By the grace of gods climbing white star mountains/
Admiration Ponce Leon drinking from the fountain/
Birth, life, death, multipurpose bouquet/
Fragrant grace elegance a divine feminine/
I'm stuck in the mud and I'm growing from the seeds/
All I need is a moment to flow like the sea/
Vivid smells honeybees and I'm floating in the canopies/
Trees cover shade pollinate cycles spring/
Ritual. Science. Religion. medicine/
Spiritual. Food. I'm basking in your beauty/ I ain't got a lot of time, the symmetry is fusion/
Energy inflorescence iridescence in the method/
Tales of Transition/
Consolation find preservation/
Blooming, shining, false goodbyes, adaptation/
Held on 2 wrongs 1 right hall of mirrors, bleed contradictions/
Oil and water my canvas don’t mix/
But the beat is dirty lights out closed fist/
End of a trilogy, fate and destiny/
TheArt of War, history and victory/
Let’s Make a Song Together
MiguelRodriguez
Website: pdxlatinx.org
Insta: @pdxlatinx.org
Website: omsi.edu
Email: mrodriguez@omsi.edu
Website: mikefirm.com Insta: @mikefirm