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URL:https://www.handson.org/events/the-dignity-of-our-breathing-a-poetry-r
 eading/
SUMMARY:The Dignity of our Breathing: A Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:The event is free with registration\, and registrants can RSVP 
 using this link: https://whitneyedu.wufoo.com/forms/w1g4q1yu0i4iph7/.\n\nT
 his event will take place on Zoom\, but will be accompanied by a cozy in-p
 erson viewing in the Hess Theater for folks who wish to convene in person.
  This event will have ASL interpretation\, CART captioning\, and a low-sti
 mulus sensory environment.\n\nIf you have any questions\, please feel free
  to email the Assistant to Access\, ofi davis\, at ofi_davis@whitney.org o
 r call (646) 666-5574 (relay calls welcome).\n\n\n\nThis Disability Pride 
 month\, join us for a poetry reading facilitated by Joselia Hughes. Featur
 ing poets Kay Ulanday Barrett\, Dan Schapiro\, and Jackie Torres\, and in 
 proximity to the 33th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Dis
 abilities Act (ADA)\, this poetry reading has been framed by this invitati
 on from Joselia Hughes:\n\nLet’s be potent and clear: it is summer 2023\
 , the covid-19 pandemic rages\, neglect from the status quo proliferates\,
  many of our comrades have died\, many more of our communities are dying a
 nd becoming increasingly debilitated. It is July which means it is Disabil
 ity Pride Month. Pride\, in the face of unwavering violence\, is a complic
 ating energy to hold. It is neither just the appreciation of progress nor 
 an acknowledgement of one’s efforts. Pride is a collective rally into th
 e necessity of and our presence to dignity—in living\, in death\, in sor
 row\, in celebration. The dignity of ourselves as individuals within a ne
 twork of many. The dignity of our breathing. The dignity of our struggle. 
 The dignity of our being here now\, our being there then\, our will to be 
 again. In a small chorus\, Dan Schapiro\, Jackie Torres\, and Kay Ulanday 
 Barrett will offer up songs\, chants\, memories\, directives\, considerati
 ons\, dreams\, and much more on how we can continue our mission of dignifi
 ed life for all of us.
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