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Poet Nation is a Somali art and culture hub that engages youth from around the world through poetry, music and great stories. www.thePoetNation.comTRANSCRIPT
A Somali Art and culture hub that engages youth from around the world though poetry, music and great stories.
www.thePoetNation.com
Mission
The goal of Poet Nation is to be a platform for positive conversation that promotes peace,
harmony and traditional Somali values to the modern generation in the Diaspora and Africa.
Poet Nation does this by creating professionally produced videos and provides an online platform for the user community to
post their own videos.
Poet Nation uses the power of social media to engage young Somali people around the world.
Poet Nation is an art and culture hub that engages Somali youth from around the world through
poetry, music and great stories.
Voices of DadaabShort documentary about the
2011 Famine in Somalia filmed in Kenya.
The film has been shown at several fundraising events around Minneapolis other
American cities.
Terrorism is not a Religion
This is Poet Nation’s most popular video.
It’s about Hersi, an Iraqi war veteran’s experience in US Marine Corps and subtle
racisms in America
Poet Nation Live Events
Poet Nation has held a live events in collaboration with
American Refugee Committee’s I Am a Star
Campaign to raise money through Music for Relief
(founded by Linkin Park) and K’NAAN.
Poet Nation Projects
30+ Poet Nation-created videos
65+ User-uploaded videos by the community
Comments
Poet Nation is inspiring Somali youth from around the world
Poet Nation Brand
“You’re Abdi Phenomenal of Poet Nation”-Random Somali youth at 11:30 pm in Nairobi, Kenya restaurant
“We knew you were coming to Dadaab because we heard about you on the BBC radio”-Man in the Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya
“We love Poet Nation because you are changing the Somali narrative”-Somali mother of teenagers
Hip
Respect
PeaceThe Change Generation
Love
UnityYouth
Poetry
Hope
Poet Nation CollaborationCollaboration
America Refugee Committee- I Am a Star Campaign UNDP-Kenya
Iftiin Leaders- White House Office of Public EngagementGlobal Nomads from New York CityBig Mob Radio, Melbourne, Australia
Muslim Student AssociationGlobal Somali Response (Kenya)
Somali Student AssociationWorldwide Somali Students
Ka Joog- Somali Youth Association, Minneapolis, MN
Presented and PerformedPhillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire
University of Saint Louis
Hamline University
Saint Cloud St. University
University of St. Thomas
Ubah Academy, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Received Performance Requests:
Australia, UK, Norway, UAE, Kenya, Canada
Al Jazeera Star TribuneBBC SomaliFox 9 News
MediaNew York Times Learning
NetworkMinnesota Public Radio
Associated Press
Poet Nation in the Press
Analytics
Average Time of User on Poet Nation website is 5.5 Minutes
Hits/Views
Fans/Followers
Poet Nation Website 200,000 450 5:30 Avg Time on
Site
YouTube 300,000 500 700+ Shares
Facebook 700,000 2,500 50% Fans outside USA
Twitter 600
Pinterest Pinterest 450,000Nearly all followers are non-Somali and
tend to be concerned women
Poet Nation Mailing List 500
Totals 1,200,000 454,550
87% of Traffic are ages 13-34 years old
Goals
Internet and Social MediaIncreased community participation
Increased attention on the positivity in Somali community
Increased awareness of issues in Somali community for Non-Somali people
Face-to-face Connection to Youth Globally:
UniversitiesSecondary, Intermediate and Primary Schools
Student and Civic Associations
Contact
Poet [email protected]
Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.thePoetNation.com
Facebook.com/PoetNationYoutube.com/PoetNation
Pinterest/PoetNationTwitter.com/PoetNation