Poetry as Protest Event on July 22

[Sarah Rindner]

Please join Uri l’Tzedek and Mima’amakim on Wednesday night July 22nd
from 7:30-9:30pm at the Drisha Institute (37 W. 65th St, 5th floor) as
we spend an evening exploring the relationship between poetry and
social justice. We will look at examples of poetic activism spanning
the Romantic period, the Irish Revolution and the Civil Rights
movement. We will probe these poems for what they contribute to
contemporary social justice discourse, as well as raise questions and
qualifications in regard to the relation between poetry and activism.
Discussion points will include: Doesn’t explicit ideology make for
“bad poetry”? What can literature really “do” when there is serious
suffering in the world? And what can poetry, and perhaps art in
general, uniquely offer as a medium for social criticism and protest?
The evening will include poetry readings, discussions, and Jewish text
learning.

This event is co-sponsored by AJWS-AVODAH. Dinner will be served.