Think/Write/Speak: Activism in Action

Brown Art Ink

Join the Bostonian Society and nomadic arts incubator Brown Art Ink for a workshop on raising your voice for local issues

Boston Public Library

Boston has a deep and unique history of public oration as a means of protest and activism. The upcoming workshops come at the 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre and the death of Crispus Attucks in 1770. These orations gave voice to the hopes and fears of early Americans in the wake of violence, and their annual resurgence helped galvanize public sentiment at the dawn of the Revolution. In public speeches more than 80 years later, anti-slavery leaders once again invoked the story of Crispus Attucks, the first man to fall at the Massacre, to stir the spirit of freedom against the institution of slavery.Using this history as our starting point, staff of Brown Art Ink will lead participants in an interactive exercise to bring the tradition of orations into the present day.The December 14 workshop will be the first of three, with additional public workshops to follow into 2020. Select participants from these workshops may be invited to deliver their original works at the 2020 Boston Massacre commemoration.Come raise your voice for your community and history.This event is free.Saturday, December 14, 20193 PM - 4:30 PM<a href="https://www.bpl.org/locations/3/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Commonwealth Salon at the Boston Public Library</a>

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