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Virtual Poetry – Fatal Force: Poetic Justice

February 17 @ 7:00 pm9:00 pm

Fatal Force: Poetic Justice

Saturday February 17, 2024 – 7pm EST  Virtual

Join us on Zoom (Registration Required): https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsduGuqTgjEtIm1XVEz94i3LTtCLb8iG5D

As of December 4, 2023, 1085 people have been killed by police in the United States (Mapping Police Violence 2023).

Police officer, Mark Dial shot and killed Eddie Irizarry on August 14, 2023. On August 15th, Philadelphia police changed their story, stating that Irizarry was actually in the car when he was shot six times. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw stated that officers’ body-worn camera footage “made it very clear that what we initially reported was not actually what happened.” Read more about the details and legal proceedings here:

(The Killing of Eddie Irizarry).

Martín Espada recently wrote a poem entitled, “Officer Mark Dial, Who Shot Eddie Irizarry, Will Be Fired for Insubordination” to elegize the innocent young man whose alleged murder this past August is an outrage.

Fatal Force : Poetic Justice contributors, featuring Martín Espada, will read their work virtually on February 17th to honor poet/activist, Julia de Burgos’ birthday. She was the foremother for the Nuyorican Poetry Movement in New York who advocated for anti-imperialism and social justice. Fatal Force: Poetic Justice commemorates her ideals.

Presented by Taller Puertorriqueño, Casa de Duende, and Moonstone

 

Although not everyone will be reading, we have poems by these poets
Mary Anne Abdo
Sonia Aggarwal
Austin Alexis
Star Anderson
Naomi Ayala
Diane Bier
Steve Bloom
Christopher Butters
Cameron Carvalho
Raheem Curry
Martin Espada
Steven Halpern
Zita Holbourne
Ace Howlen
Jane Ellen Ibur
Irving Jones
Ron Kolm
Donald Krieger
Mindy Kronenberg
D Lang
Jeffrey lee
Kostya Malukhin
Aurora McKee
Samuel Miranda
David Mook
Deeci Murphy
Jane Muschenetz
Maureen Nolan
George Northrup
Tauwan Patterson
Alex Phuong
Rescue Poetix
Susana Praver-Perez
David Radavich
Alexis Raymond
Sultana Raza
Janet Restino
Joe Roarty
Jake Rogers
Mykyta Ryzhykh
India Shank
Calvin Shaw
Larissa Shmailo
Megha Sood
Rowan Tate
Alyssa Velazquez
Eike Waltz
Bruce Whitacre
Martin Wiley
Glenn Wright
Samantha Wright

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Date:
February 17
Time:
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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Virtual

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Moonstone Arts Center
Phone
215-735-9600
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