Randell Adjei is Ontario’s first Poet Laureate. Hailing from Scarborough, Randell is an author, spoken word artist, educator, community leader and entrepreneur. RISE Edutainment is a social enterprise which seeks to give opportunity to youth across the city.

In this conversation we discuss:

• what exactly does a Poet Laureate do
• who inspired Randell to take up poetry in the first place
• graduating as his high school valedictorian after a less than stellar beginning
• starting RISE
• working with companies like Holt Renfrew
• his involvement with the Scarborough Hospital Foundation’s Love, Scarborough initiative
• his favourite things about Scarborough
• and so much more!

Follow the links for more information:

https://www.lovescarborough.ca/

https://www.randelladjei.com/

https://www.riseedutainment.com/

https://www.ontariopoet.org/

This is Episode #266 of the Welcome! podcast.