Monday, April 2, 2018

#SplitThisRock2018 Session: Resiliency in Troubled Times

Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness 2018 invites poets, writers, activists, and dreamers to Washington, DC for three days of poetry, community building, and creative transformation. The festival features readings, workshops, panel discussions, youth programming, parties, activism—opportunities to speak out for justice, build connection and community, and celebrate the many ways poetry can act as an agent for social change.

On-site registration is available every day during the festival at the festival hub: National Housing Center, 1201 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. A sliding scale of fees is available for full registration, beginning at $200. Student registration (with ID) is $75. One day passes are $85. Two-day passes are $170. 


Full festival schedule with session descriptions is available on the website. The Festival Mobile App is Live! Download the free app  for iOS and Android today for easy access to the schedule, session descriptions, presenter bios, and more! Just search your app store for Split This Rock. 


We are pleased to present sessions on themes related to resilience in troubled times.

“Affirm, Ground & Heal, In that Order” (Workshop)
Presenter: Sequoya Hayes
Thursday, April 19, 11 am-12:30 pm
American Association of University Women Room 2

Resiliency in Daunting Times: A Workshop in Yoga & Writing (Workshop)

Presenter: Yael Flusberg
Friday, April 20, 11 am-12:30 pm
Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives Memorial Hall

CRYING AT THE NEWS: Uses of Sadness in Poetry & Resistance (Panel)

Presenters: Fatimah Asghar, Cameron Awkward-Rich, Franny Choi, Hieu Minh Nguyen, sam sax, Danez Smith
Friday, April 20, 11 am-12:30 pm
National Housing Center Auditorium

Riding Through Despair (Panel)

Presenters: Anna Deeny Morales, Leeya Mehta, Vivek Narayanan, John Rosenwald,
Marc Vincenz

Friday, April 20, 11 am-12:30 pm
National Housing Center Room C

Choosing Anger: Responding to Injustice with Constructive Rage (Workshop)

Presenters: Leslieann Hobayan, Rose Strode
Friday, April 20, 1:30-3 pm
American Association of University Women Room 2

Hacking Norms & the Contested BodyMind (Panel)

Presenters: Kay Ulanday Barrett, Travis Chi Wing Lau, Jim Ferris, Molly McCully Brown, Susannah Nevison, Jillian Weise
Friday, April 20, 1:30 pm-3 pm
Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives Conference Room


#RedStateWritersResist: Strategies for Writing and Living in a Red State (Panel)
Presenters: Jennie Case, Meg Day, Miguel M. Morales, Wendy Oleson,
Maria Vasquez Boyd

Friday, April 20, 1:30 - 3 pm
National Housing Center Room B

Walk Towards It: Poetry for the World We Deserve (Reading)
Presenters: Louis Alemayehu, Lisa Marie Brimmer, Ellen Marie Hinchcliffe, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Erin Sharkey, Coya White Hat-Artichoker
Saturday, April 21, 9 - 10:30 am
Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives Room 102

BE YOU/DO YOU: Rejoin; Rejoice (Workshop)

Presenters: Curtis Crisler, Cornelius Eady, Van G. Garrett, Sammy Greenspan, Christine Howey, Frank Mundo, Deborah Schwartz, Rose M. Smith
Saturday, April 21, 11 am - 12:30 pm
National Housing Center Auditorium


Resistance & Reclamation: Creating Effective Social Justice Community Art Collaborations (Workshop)Presenters: Audra Buck-Coleman, Naliyah Kaya, Lamontre Randall
Saturday, April 21, 11 am - 12:30 pm
National Housing Center Room C

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