Power of words Author Panel | Dr. Doris Derby

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The Power of Words Author Panel w/ Host Theresa Davis. The Power of Words Author Panel brings together authors each month.

This event is part of The Power of Words When Poetry Meets Freedom Song and Images Program. A Georgia Humanities Project exploring writing, culture, and literacy in the movements for Civil Rights. <a href="https://www.artsxchange.org/post/the-power-of-words-when-poetry-meets-freedom-songs-images" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LEARN MORE</a>_______________________To view this event live visit our Facebook page or YouTube Channel at the time of the event. <a href="https://streamyard.com/view_on_platform/facebook?link=https://www.facebook.com/47377658851/posts/10161333939743852/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ArtsXchange Facebook Page</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NYxIgeUHok" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ArtsXchange YouTube Channel</a>Registering for this event will give you reminders to join us in time for the event.The <a href="https://www.artsxchange.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ArtsXchange</a> facility and programs are generously supported by the following funders:SouthArts, Fulton County Arts Council, and Georgia Council for the Arts. Funding provided in part by a grant from the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, and our many individual donors and partners._______________________The Power of Words Author Panel brings together each month four authors who utilize words to express powerful narratives, connection, and musing from a diversity of lenses. ________________________GUEST<a href="http://www.dashboard.us/dr-doris-derby" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr. Doris Derby</a>Dr. Doris Derby is an artist, activist and educator who worked in the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama alongside of Fannie Lou Hamer, Dr. Dorothy Height, Dr. Dorothy Cotton, Dr. Septima Clark, Senator Julian Bond, Congressman John Lewis, Mayor Andrew Young, Reverend Hosea Williams, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and many others. Dr. Derby was a working member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), as well as co-founder of the Free Southern Theater.She was the founding director of the African-American Student Services and Programs at Georgia State University as well as an adjunct associate professor of cultural anthropology. Dr. Derby is a photographer, painter, dancer, author, and filmmaker. Learn more about her here._____________________HOST<a href="https://www.artsxchange.org/people/theresa-davis" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Theresa Davis</a>Theresa Davis is a highly valued member of the Atlanta poetry community. As the Literary Director at the <a href="https://www.artsxchange.org/upcomingevents" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ArtsXchange</a>, Theresa offers a variety of writing and performance programming on the ArtsXchange virtual platform.Please consider making a donation to help us sustain the arts in our community and our core programs. Your support makes a difference. Let us keep this community cultural arts center thriving, ever-evolving, innovating, and connecting our community today, tomorrow, and beyond. <a href="https://www.artsxchange.org/donate" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.artsxchange.org/donate </a>

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