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Novem­ber 8 marks one year since Don­ald Trump won the US pres­i­den­cy. One year lat­er, Gallup puts the Pres­i­dents approval rat­ing at 33%, an all-time low. We at Mak­ing Con­tact reflect on his sol­id win in the elec­toral col­lege, his resound­ing loss of the pop­u­lar vote, and the year that is draw­ing to a close. The Poet­ic Address to the Nation was an event that brought togeth­er poets to speak out and against the cur­rent admin­is­tra­tion. The event fea­tured poets Cam Awk­ward, Guiller­mo Gomez Pea, Michelle Mush Lee, Chi­na­ka Hodge, and many oth­ers to share pieces from immi­gra­tion, to trans vio­lence, to activism. Mak­ing Con­tact is broad­cast­ing an abridged ver­sion of the event pro­duced by the Yer­ba Bue­na Cen­ter for the Arts and the U.S. Depart­ment of Arts and Cul­ture. The 2017 Poet­ic Address to the Nation was orga­nized by Yer­ba Bue­na Cen­ter for the Arts, in part­ner­ship with U.S. Depart­ment of Art and Cul­ture. The USDAC is not a gov­ern­ment agency“its a peo­ple-pow­ered department“a grass­roots action net­work incit­ing cre­ativ­i­ty and social imag­i­na­tion to shape a cul­ture of empa­thy, equi­ty, and belong­ing. The USDAC is also a mem­ber of the New Econ­o­my Coali­tion. Fea­tur­ing: Young, Gift­ed & Black, Hadeel Ramadan, Michelle Mush Lee, Guiller­mo Gomez Pea, Cam Awkard, Chi­na­ka Hodge, Tas­siana Willis.