In the circle of all those who have struggled in their bedrooms or in the boardroom, in the courtroom or in the open fields, who have bellowed songs of endurance and stomped their feet in joyful defiance for brighter futures, Carole Metellus and Fióna Bolger invite us to renew our mandate to struggle and joy. Participants are invited to bring their words of resistance and to pen their sustenance to self, to community, and to nature that calls them home.We will share our ideas, listen to the words of the wise ones, and craft our mamafestas for a healing existence in these times of human distress. We hope you can join us,  facilitated by:

Carole Metellus is a Haitian-American writer, cultural worker long-time activist starting with Indigenous rights, to Women’s, GLBTQ, immigration, and peace and justice issues, she manifests her passion currently in her writing.  Fióna Bolger is an Irish poet, mentor and creative facilitatorShe welcomes all languages and works to create language sharing, poetry making spaces. See also: A. Stepien, Migrant Voices in the Plurilingual Poetry and Creative Practice of Fióna Bolger. ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, 2024, Vol. 21, No. 2.

 Free and open to Everyone