Fwd: An Evening of Music & Poetry for Peace & Justice: Friday, March 20
Dan Wilcox
From: Larry Wittner <larryw...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Subject: An Evening of Music & Poetry for Peace & Justice: Friday, March 20
To:
Celebrate the Equinox Through An Evening Of
Music And Poetry For Peace & Justice
Come together through friendship and our joint ties to peace and justice. Join in a congenial evening of peace poetry and song. Let music and words renew us, unite us, and, as spring renews the earth, let us be bolstered by one another and let our efforts for peace and justice be reenergized.
Date: Friday, March 20, 2026
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30, along with open mic sign-up. Program is at 7.
Place: Friends Meeting House, 727 Madison Ave., Albany, NY 12208
Program:
Dan Wilcox is our MC. The evening will begin with music by the Solidarity Singers and poetry by D. Collin, followed by an open mic on the theme of peace and justice. Participate with music and poetry, or just come and enjoy hearing your friends. The event is free, and light refreshments will be offered.Sponsors: Upper Hudson Peace Action, Women Against War, Hudson Valley Writers Guild, Poetry Motel Foundation.
MC for the evening, Dan Wilcox, is a poet & peace activist. He is the host of the Third Thursday Poetry Night at the Albany Social Justice Center; one can read his Blog about the poetry scene at dwlcx.blogspot.com
Poet: D. Colin is a multidisciplinary artist of Haitian descent whose creative practice spans poetry, visual art, and theater. With a background in English and Africana Studies, she is a teaching artist and curator who creates and facilitates spaces for creativity, storytelling, and healing. She is the author of Dreaming in Kreyol, a poetry collection, and two plays, as well as a number of publications, and performances at venues both nationally and abroad.
Musicians, The Solidarity Singers have been performing rousing songs of social protest for decades throughout the Capital District -- at Labor Day picnics, peace movement meetings, union picket lines, political demonstrations, and other gatherings. Although the membership and instruments have changed somewhat over the years, the group is still motivated by the belief that good social movements, like good lives, need good music.We hope to see you! Bring friends!