"A Morning of Analysis: Poetry & Justice" by Analysis - BES Hybrid Platform
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A Morning of Analysis: Poetry & Justice
Analysis
Poet, Worker/Co-owner of Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse
This platform will be delivered in hybrid format, which means you can attend the platform via Zoom or in person at the Impact Hub Baltimore. Masks are optional.
Join the poet known as Analysis as he performs spoken word that explores a variety of justice and human rights topics, examining racism, economic exploitation, imperialism, and more. His poetry will challenge us to face the oppression in society and ask ourselves, “What will we do about it?”
Bio for Analysis
A lover of justice and human rights, Analysis is a spoken-word poet, rad Left minister, bookseller and educator. A native of Baltimore, the worker/co-owner of Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse studied Public Communication at the American University and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Howard University, from which he graduated with highest honors. He is the past Minister for Youth and Young Adult Empowerment, Justice and Witness Ministries of the United Church of Christ, where he helped young people develop their sense of faith and justice action and also served on international anti-racism teams, and is a former staff member of the Center for New Community and Bread for the World.
Analysis has featured at venues across New England, the Mid-Atlantic and, during the pandemic, the world, challenging listeners with poetry rooted in the call for liberation from oppression. He is the host of Red Emma's Mother Earth Poetry Vibe, a quarterly open mic and feature venue of the theme “Peace, Justice, Poetry!” A member of Simply Poetic Entertainment and of Restoration Village Arts, Analysis is the author of Somewhere Through the Haze—a short collection of poems on a variety of justice issues—and the poetry album, A Couple Thousand Years Later. These, as well as more information, are available through www.liberationandpoetry.com.
Emily Dickinson famously said, ‘If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.’ Analysis cuts heads. –Pamela Murray Winters, poet
Location:
Impact Hub Baltimore
10 E. North Ave
Baltimore, MD 21202