Voice of a New Nation: Readings on International Women’s Day
Guild Complex
“Since 1983 I have traveled to Guatemala and El Salvador,” says poet Renny Golden, Author of a new collection of poetry and non-fiction about El Salvador, The Hour of the Furnaces (Mid-List Press),” working with refugee, religious and solidarity organizations…I have learned that insurgent hope, even in the midst of hideous repression, is a weapon that the powerful always underestimate.”
“Since 1983 I have traveled to Guatemala and El Salvador,” says poet Renny Golden, Author of a new collection of poetry and non-fiction about El Salvador, The Hour of the Furnaces (Mid-List Press),” working with refugee, religious and solidarity organizations…I have learned that insurgent hope, even in the midst of hideous repression, is a weapon that the powerful always underestimate.”
Zada Johnson, a professor of African-American Studies at Olive-Harvey College, is a poet and freelance writer. She will read from Bronzeville: the low end revisited, her work-in-progress of prose, poetry and verbal arts. The Greater Chicago Chapter, U.S. Committee for UNIFEM will present selected readings. On display will be the Chapter’s Quilt Project for the Women’s Dollar Campaign that seeks to raise one dollar for every woman in the world.Performers
Renny Golden, Zada Johnson and UNIFEM