Floraffiti Poetry Workshop with Chapel Hill Poet Laureate Cortland Gilliam

Founder ofFloraffiti®,Carter Hubbard,has 25+ years experience in creating large scaled installations,curating exhibitions,coordinating and implementing place making and community engagement events in municipalities, neighborhoods, businesses, and academic settings.She lives in Portland, OR with deep roots in the SE, spreading Floraffiti all over the US cultivating healthy community connections through visually stimulating, thought provoking, and interactively engaging arts events.

Carter Hubbard

Chapel Hill Poet Laureate, Cortland GIlliam, leads a free, community poetry workshop on climate change and environmental justice.

Chapel Hill Public Library

‘White, Green Futures’ Poetry Workshop with Cortland GilliamJoin us for a creative, poetry workshop with the talented Chapel Hill Poet Laureate, Cortland Gilliam. This free, in-person event will take place on Saturday, February 24, 2024 from 2 to 4 PM at the Chapel Hill Public Library, Room C.Across the globe, Black, Indigenous, and other minoritized communities of color are among the most vulnerable to the adverse consequences of environmental crises and the solutions proposed to remedy them. Nevertheless, popular media often separates environmental concerns from the socio-political-economic contexts that produce them, thereby marginalizing the knowledge and contributions of non-White environmental organizers and communities.This two-hour environmental justice education and poetry writing workshop will incorporate lessons from local struggles for environmental justice within BIPOC communities to help connect the sometimes abstract idea of climate change to its effects on people's real-life experiences.Participants will then practice writing poetry as an exercise in radical imagining and political advocacy for an equitable and just environmental future. From their poetry, each participant will choose words they find important.Each word will be planted in the ground to grow into powerful, living voices of expression in public spaces throughout Chapel Hill. In early March, there will be several opportunities to volunteer as a Floragardener to plant your word. <a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0849ACAB22A2F94-47089575-floragardeners" title="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0849ACAB22A2F94-47089575-floragardeners" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">More info here</a> and at the workshop about the planting.That’s not all! Each poem will be recorded at the workshop and uploaded to a QR code printed on a sign next to each growing word so that people can scan the code with their smartphone and listen to the poetry.Whether you're an experienced poet or just starting out, this workshop is open to all skill levels for teens and adults. It's a fantastic opportunity to connect with community members, share ideas, and be heard.The workshop will be held at the Chapel Hill Public Library, Room C.Spaces are limited, so be sure to secure your spot early!For more information on Floraffiti®, check out the website at <a href="http://carterhubbard.com/" title="http://carterhubbard.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">floraffiti.com</a> and follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/floraffiti/" title="https://www.instagram.com/floraffiti/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Insta</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/floraffiti" title="https://www.facebook.com/floraffiti" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>, both @floraffitiFor info on Cortland Gilliam check out the <a href="https://www.chapelhillarts.org/poetlaureate/" title="https://www.chapelhillarts.org/poetlaureate/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Poet Laureate of Chapel Hill</a>Floraffiti is sponsored by: Carrboro Arts Committee Carrboro Tourism &amp; Development Authority Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership Orange County Visitors Bureau Strowd Roses, Inc.

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