Riverwood Poetry Presents: Take a Stand: Art Against Hate

Online: Tuesday, October 13, 7pm EST; 4pm PST.

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QQ8feRjlTOq7a4krB3rfyQ

Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways opens its new season with readings and conversations from the anthology Take A Stand: Art Against Hate, from Raven Chronicles Press in Seattle, Washington. New England poets and community leaders who will read poems from the collection and share their responses, include:
• Anthony Bennett – Lead Pastor at the Mt. Aery Baptist Church in Bridgeport, CT
• Steven Hernandez – Director of Connecticut Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity
• Mike Keo – Photographer and Founder, IAMNOTAVIRUS Campaign
• Frederick-Douglass Knowles II—Poet, Professor of English Three Rivers Community College, and Hartford Poet Laureate
• Marilyn Nelson – Poet, University of Connecticut Professor Emeritus, and former Connecticut Poet Laureate
• Elizabeth Neptune – President, Neptune Advantage serving Passamaquoddy and other Native American tribes
• Attorney General William Tong – Connecticut Attorney General
• Taylor Bryan Turner – Assistant Regional Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, Boston, MA, and her father, Robert Bryan
• Representative Mary Jane Wallner – New Hampshire State Representative
• Elaine Zimmerman – Poet and U. S. Region 1 Administrator of Children and Families Boston, MA.

Poems will engage with legacy, presence, questions, evidence and/or resistance. There will be time for discussion with our readers following the presentation. Take a Stand: Art Against Hate can be purchased from the Raven Chronicles at https://www.ravenchronicles.org/shop/take-a-stand-art-against-hate-a-raven-chronicles-anthology/ or at local bookstores.

Thank you for joining us to forward a climate of respect, diversity and dignity. We reach out virtually for the safety and health of all.

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