Benjamin GardeaBenjamin Gardea aka B-Jam is a 2023 and 2024 top ten nationally ranked slam poet. Chairman of the BlackBerry Peach Spoken and Written Word Contest. Co-president of the Arizona State Poetry Society. Founder of the Arizona State BlackBerry Peach Poetry Slam Championships. Host/founder of the PHX Poetry Slam by B-Jam. He has been a featured spoken word poet at various events, including the Flagstaff Poetry Slam, the Prescott Poetry Slam, Tucson Poetry Slam, Mesa Arts Center, Scottsdale Community College, Arizona State University, and University of Arizona. His poetry has been featured on PBS during National Poetry Month. His mission is to provide a stage where poetry can be truly celebrated as poets are the torch carriers for one of the oldest art forms of mankind. Read More Read Less