“Poetry is not a luxury.” — Audre Lorde
Poetry offers a necessary space for healing, resistance, and resurgence as public health engages pressing concerns like structural racism, racialized police violence, and climate change. It has the power to push boundaries and reimagine narratives of health equity—opening new dialogues that (re)center the voice and agency of those most burdened by health inequities.
In pursuit of racial and health justice, this event illuminates the necessity of both Stats *and* Stanzas to create public health futures of radical possibility.
Join us for an evening of poetry for the public’s health, featuring readings from youth poets from SEI and APANO, Des Spicer-Orak, Dr. Ryan J. Petteway, and our special guest Brianna Renae, poet and author of "Her Way With Words."
Also featuring:
- A guest DJ spinning tracks from The Public Health MixTape, curated by Sylvia Rivera
- Filipino and Belizean food
FREE Admission
FREE Parking in the Schnitzer lot. Address to the parking lot is 2600 S. Moody Ave. Free after 5pm!
Bring the kids. Bring the fam. Bring the homies. Bring the notepads. Bring the love.