"You can read this.
What if you couldn't?
How would your life be different?"
What if you couldn't?
How would your life be different?"
These words, from the Reading Works website, are more than a rhetorical question. For the nearly 50 percent of Detroiters who are unable to read, they are questions that delve into a harsh reality. That's why on Sunday, January 15, some of metro Detroit's most prominent poets and musicians are banding together to bring awareness to raise support for literacy programming.
Developed in the spirit of social justice and community service that has come to characterize Dr. King's birthday celebration, Free Verse: Poetry + Music Celebrating Life + Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held at the Virgil H. Carr Center on Sunday, January 15, 2012 from 3:30 until 5:30 PM. It is a free event but everyone who attends is asked to bring a new/or gently used poetry book, a monetary donation or volunteer time to support the important work that Reading Works does to increase the Detroit area's literacy rate.
The amazing line-up includes: Detroit's Poet Laureate Naomi Long Madgett, Poet, Publisher and Founder of Black Women Rock jessica Care moore, Writer, Activist and Poet Khary Kimani Turner, Musician Audrey Mabins, Rapper/Poet Mahagony Jones, Slam Poet Jeff Nelson, and Singer/Songwriter Tim Clark. Hosted by Rhonda Welsh, the event will feature sounds by EchoVerse.
Developed in the spirit of social justice and community service that has come to characterize Dr. King's birthday celebration, Free Verse: Poetry + Music Celebrating Life + Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held at the Virgil H. Carr Center on Sunday, January 15, 2012 from 3:30 until 5:30 PM. It is a free event but everyone who attends is asked to bring a new/or gently used poetry book, a monetary donation or volunteer time to support the important work that Reading Works does to increase the Detroit area's literacy rate.
The amazing line-up includes: Detroit's Poet Laureate Naomi Long Madgett, Poet, Publisher and Founder of Black Women Rock jessica Care moore, Writer, Activist and Poet Khary Kimani Turner, Musician Audrey Mabins, Rapper/Poet Mahagony Jones, Slam Poet Jeff Nelson, and Singer/Songwriter Tim Clark. Hosted by Rhonda Welsh, the event will feature sounds by EchoVerse.
