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The World on Fire: Ecology, Poetry, and Disability Justice

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Mar 31

The World on Fire: Ecology, Poetry, and Disability Justice

An intergenerational performance and discussion.

By Theater of War Productions

When and where

Date and time

Wed, March 31, 2021, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

Location

Online

About this event

An evening of readings and a dialogue among distinguished poets and young poets of tomorrow— a chorus of diverse voices exploring the transformative power of words at the intersection of disability and climate justice.

Presented by Theater of War Productions, Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach at the Burton Blatt Institute, Nine Mile Art Corp, Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, and The International Writing Program.

Supported by the Academy of American Poets with funds from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Co-facilitated by Bryan Doerries, Stephen A. Kuusisto, and Diane R. Wiener.

Featuring performances by: Ona Gritz, Stephen Kuusisto, Ekiwah Adler-Belendez, Taylor Brorby, Camisha Jones, Maddy Dietz (Class of 2020 National Student Poet), Christian Butterfield (Class of 2019 National Student Poet), Alondra Uribe (Class of 2019 National Student Poet), David James "DJ" Savarese, and Christopher Costello.

Support for our digital programming is provided, in part, by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The event Zoom link will be distributed and available to registered attendees starting 2 days prior to the event.

This Theater of War Productions' event will follow this format:

  • Poets will read eachother's work
  • We will open the discussion to the audience, facilitated by Bryan Doerries. During the discussion, please raise your hand using the button at the bottom center of the screen. If called upon, you will be promoted to speak and you will be visible and heard by the entire audience for the duration of your comments. If you would prefer not to be seen, please disable your video when entering the event.

This event will include Closed Captioning in English, Communication Access Real-Time Translation (CART) in English, American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation, and image descriptions.

To experience this event:

Please download Zoom to your laptop or mobile device https://zoom.us/download

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