iN VIDEO: Penticton poet Shane Koyczan emerges from pandemic with message

Penticton spoken word artist Shane Koyczan is shining a light on the importance of hope through the COVID-19 pandemic with his latest project A Tomorrow.

The seven-minute video, with nearly 30,000 views since New Year’s Eve, highlights everything he feels society has missed due to the pandemic but points out we must look forward to now.

From a long overdue hug from a family member or friend, parties, graduations, parades, art, concert, and looking forward to tomorrow and everything tomorrow will bring.

Koyczan also speaks about the importance of building each other up and doing things out of compassion and love as we go through another new year in the pandemic and working towards a shared goal of overcoming the pandemic together.

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