Library Events
Writers Be Blockin is an opportunity to find your voice and new ways to tell, revamp, or edit the same story to ignite ideas for writing and creating with a purpose. Expect discussion, digging, and honesty. Writers Be Blockin is presented by Ebony Stewart, Woman of the World Poetry Slam Champion. Find out more about Ebony and her work at https://www.ebpoetry.com/. This event is co-sponsored by the Judith J. Carrier Library and Southeast Student Activities. This program is part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, a national public humanities initiative of Library of America presented in partnership with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Emerson Collective.
Writers Be Blockin is an opportunity to find your voice and new ways to tell, revamp, or edit the same story to ignite ideas for writing and creating with a purpose. Expect discussion, digging, and honesty. Writers Be Blockin is presented by Ebony Stewart, Woman of the World Poetry Slam Champion. Find out more about Ebony and her work at https://www.ebpoetry.com/. This event is co-sponsored by the Judith J. Carrier Library and Southeast Student Activities. This program is part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, a national public humanities initiative of Library of America presented in partnership with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Emerson Collective.
Using examples from the Lift Every Voice reader and his own body of work, poet and TCC faculty member Darius Ajai Frasure will discuss how personal and cultural histories influence poets and their art. Learn more about his poetry at https://bit.ly/3eQbCSp. This program is part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, a national public humanities initiative of Library of America presented in partnership with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Emerson Collective.
Please join us for an afternoon of family traditions beginning with Chef Sherry Sipho, TCC Culinary Arts, giving a cooking demonstration that will remind you of family dinners. Professor Tonya Blivens and the TCC Speech students will follow with short presentations of poems focusing on family themes and stories from their own families. This program is part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, a national public humanities initiative of Library of America presented in partnership with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Emerson Collective.
African American poetry has deep connections with performance and music. Lift Every Voice and Sing, the perennially popular song, began as a poem. Join us to learn more about the interconnections of poetry and music with Greg Dewhirst, D.M.A., TCC Professor of Music. This program is part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, a national public humanities initiative of Library of America presented in partnership with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Emerson Collective.
African American poetry has long reflected and been inspired by the abolitionist and later the civil rights movements. Join us for a discussion of famous civil rights poems and how the modern social justice movement is reflected in poetry today. This program is part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, a national public humanities initiative of Library of America presented in partnership with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Emerson Collective.
TCC students will compete by presenting their original poetry in a Super Poetry Slam. This year’s competition will take place online. All are welcome to attend and cheer the students on! Co-sponsored by the Judith J. Carrier Library, the Southeast Division of Liberal Arts, Southeast Student Activities, and the Southeast Student Poetry Club. This program is part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, a national public humanities initiative of Library of America presented in partnership with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Emerson Collective.
DUE TO WEATHER CLOSURES, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO MARCH 1. TCC's annual African American Read-In will be held online this year. Please join us on March 1, 2021 at 12:00 pm for TCC faculty, staff, and students reading their favorite works by African American authors. This program is part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, a national public humanities initiative of Library of America presented in partnership with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Emerson Collective.