MLK Week Poetry Slam

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The 2021 MLK Celebration Planning Committee is hosting a Poetry Slam as one of the events to commemorate the MLK Day Celebration Week.

On Tuesday, January 19th 2021, students, faculty, staff, administrators and other members of the Wofford community will have an opportunity to read excerpts from texts written by folx who have dedicated their lives to promote unity through community responsibility and uplift the voices of the unheard and ignored. Registered participants will be able to choose from a list books, poems, and short stories provided by the hosts of the event or they may read an excerpt from a text they provide. All participants will be limited to a 2-minute reading to allow enough time for all other participants to share.

Everyone is encouraged to join us and participate. Please complete the form below register. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Nadia Glover, Coordinator of Inclusive Engagement at glovernr@wofford.edu

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Administrator

Alumni

Faculty

Staff

Student

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Please select the text you would prefer to read an excerpt from.

A Center by Ha Jin

A Small Needful Fact by Ross Gay

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Community as an Intervention to Isolation by Sofia Bham

Elegy by Mong-Lan

Enemies by Wendell Berry

Exemplar by Eve Tuck and C. Lee

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Grace by Joy Harjo

Hope Is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson

I look at the world by Langston Hughes

I Refuse to Condemn: Resisting Racism in Times of National Security by Asim Qureshi

I, Too by Langston Hughes

In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr. by June Jordan

Letter from Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson

Making Peace By Denise Levertov

Microwave Popcorn by Harmony Holiday

One Today by Richard Blanco

Parable of Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Riot by Gwendolyn Brooks

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

Strength to Love by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? Police Violence and Resistance in the United States by Joe Macaré, Maya Schenwar, and Alana Yu-Ian Price

Why We Can't Wait by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Won’t You Celebrate Me by Lucile Clifton

I would like to read my own selection.

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If you have chosen to bring your own selection, please provide the name of the text here.

Please select at least three timeframe(s) you would prefer to read your excerpt. ODI will contact you before the event to confirm your time slot.

6:00 - 6:10pm

6:10 - 6:20pm

6:20 - 6:30pm

6:30 - 6:40pm

6:40 - 6:50pm

6:50 - 7:00pm

No preference

All participants will be limited to a 2-minute reading to ensure all participants have the opportunity to read their excerpts. If there is a lack of participation, then a longer reading may be allowed. Please check the box below to demonstrate that you understand the time limit.

I understand that I will only be allotted two minutes to read my excerpt.

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