Give Big to Cascadia Poetics Lab May 6-7!
Celebrate Give Big 2025 by donating to Cascadia Poetics Lab! Cascadia Poetics Lab was established in 1993 by founding director Paul E. Nelson, and has provided poetic and bioregional programming to Seattle, the Cascadia bioregion and beyond for over 30 years with festivals, workshops, readings, publications and podcasts featuring writers and cultural workers. Board member, PPF committee member, and audio assistant Zach Charles had this to say about their involvement with Cascadia Poetics Lab:
One of the things I was surprised and delighted to find when I moved to Seattle was a group of people I could look up to as an example for how I wanted to live my life – with more knowledge about, a more profound respect for, and a deeper connection to the world around me, especially in it’s natural/organic forms; with a deep sense of practice that enables those relationships (through people, poetry, art, divinations, research, healing methods, etc); connection and friendship with my indigenous neighbors; and community stewardship. CPL is a community that takes the world one moment at a time, but takes it with urgency and with love.
Our efforts to maintain and expand our programming are not cheap, from paying our staff and running our website to hosting the Poetry Postcard Fest and Cascadia Poetry Festival. Financial stability is a consistent struggle for arts and humanities nonprofits like ours, so we are asking YOU, our community of supporters, for financial help. The Cascadia Poetics Lab board has been working tirelessly to establish and uphold a strategic plan in hopes of expanding our programming to more audiences and gathering funds for capacity building. Some of our financial goals for 2025-2026 are as follows:
EXPAND PARTICIPATION FOR OUR PROGRAMS AND OUTREACH (Goal: $25,000)
Hosting workshops, festivals, podcasts and other public events come at a cost to us, as we must pay for physical and digital material, website upkeep, payment to our staff and contractors, instructor fees, and marketing. With the establishment of Cascadia 2050, we hope to expand our offerings and introduce new programming developed for younger poets and arts programming at local schools, which raises our need for funding and participation in programs.
EXPAND FUNDING FOR CPF9 (Goal: $40,000)
The Cascadia Poetry Festival bridges borders and gathers poets, artists, academics, and cultural workers from Cascadia and beyond to engage in workshops, activities, panels, readings and more. The Cascadia Poetry Festival costs on average $40,000 to host, as we pay our presenters, work with local venues, and provide scholarship opportunities to students and young people with limited funds.
INCREASE CAPACITY (Goal: $50,000)
Cascadia Poetics Lab runs on the hard work of a few paid contractors and many dedicated volunteers. By increasing our budget, we can afford to hire our administrative assistant full-time, pay our contractors for more time, provide our founding director a livable wage, and ensure long-term sustainability for the organization.
You can donate to our Give BIG campaign and support our fundraising efforts by clicking HERE. We are so grateful for you support!
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