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SUMMARY:2026 Fall Fest and Slammin' Rhymes Challenge XX
LOCATION:Central Library\nCentral Library
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DESCRIPTION:The Indianapolis Public Library African American History Commi
 ttee in support of the Center for Black Literature & Culture Present Fall 
 Fest and Slammin' Rhymes Challenge XX!.\nhttps://indianapolis.libnet.info/
 event/17694927
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Special Guest</strong></p>\n<p>Ent
 repreneur\, engineer\, physician\, educator\, humanitarian and former NASA
  astronaut\, Dr. Mae Jemison is at the forefront of integrating the physic
 al and social sciences with art and culture to ignite innovation and build
  meaningful solutions to the world&rsquo\;s critical problems. Dr. Jemison
 \, the first woman of color in the world to go into space\, served six yea
 rs as a NASA astronaut and flew as the Science Mission Specialist about th
 e joint mission NASA-Japanese space agency space shuttle Spacelab J. Jemis
 on leads 100 Year Starship (100YS)\, a nonprofit global initiative to assu
 re that capabilities for human travel beyond our solar system to another s
 tar exist within the next 100 years while transforming life on Earth.</p>\
 n<p><strong>Slammin' Rhymes Challenge</strong><br />In addition to Dr. Jem
 ison\, local youth will perform their winning entries from this year&rsquo
 \;s Slammin' Rhymes Challenge\, a contest for poets\, rappers\, and spoken
  word artists in grades 6-12. Write your inspiring thoughts on this year&r
 squo\;s theme &ldquo\;Strength.&rdquo\; <strong>Entry Deadline: Saturday\,
  October 31\, 2026.</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each entry MUST be attached to
  an official&nbsp\;<a href="https://pr.indypl.org/web/slammin/images/2026-
 slammin-rhymes-xx.pdf">Slammin' Rhymes printed (.pdf)</a>&nbsp\;or&nbsp\;<
 a href="https://pr.indypl.org/web/slammin/">Slammin' Rhymes online entry f
 orm</a>.</li>\n<li>ALL entries receive a gift card</li>\n<li>Ten selectees
  will read their entry at Fall Fest</li>\n</ul>\n<p>This event is free and
  open to the public and made possible by <strong>The Indianapolis Foundati
 on Library Fund</strong>\, <strong>J. Steve &amp\; Donna D. Talley Fund</s
 trong>\, and <strong>The Dr. Michael R. Twyman Endowment Fund</strong> thr
 ough gifts to <a href="https://www.indyplfoundation.org/">The Indianapolis
  Public Library Foundation</a>.</p>\nhttps://indianapolis.libnet.info/even
 t/17694927
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