Introducing Ward 5 Council Member-Elect, Pearll Warren
Ward 5’s Council Member-Elect Pearll Warren is never at a loss for words. In fact, she’s among the best Spoken Word Artists in the country, having placed 14th in a global competition back in 2014. “I competed in the women’s National Poetry Slam, against 72 other women,” recalls Warren, who still performs today. “It’s my art. It’s my medicine. It’s my therapy. It gave me a diction for my experiences to really capture my emotions or my vantage point.”
She drew upon her gift for communicating during her campaign for City Council, and she plans to use it as a voice for her constituents. “Seeing as you have to get your point across on so many different issues,” she explained.
Warren has been a resident of Ward 5 for most of her life, having first moved to the ward at age 4. A mother of seven (she adopted her eldest grandchild) and grandmother to six, her professional career has included work in housing, environmental justice, clean energy and literacy. This month, she’ll be sworn in as her community’s voice on the Minneapolis City Council, replacing Jeremiah Ellison, who did not seek re-election. “It feels good. I really want to do a good job,” said Warren. “This community is the first place my family settled in when we moved here. It’s always going to be home. It’s what shaped me.”…