On Saturday, April 1, Widener students gathered with undergraduate writers from other colleges in the Philadelphia region to read works inspired by the call for social justice and the power of writing.
Dr. Ken Pobo performed some of his original poetry as the keynote. The full program was:
Iyanna Rosado, Widener University, “What Does an Illegal Immigrant Look Like?” by Christy Namee Eriksen
Maya Arthur, University of Pennsylvania, Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Andrew Nguyen, Haverford College, “where you are planted” by Evie Shockley and “Ka ‘Ba” by Amiri Baraka
Kelsey Styles, Widener University, “Mimesis” and “Scarecrow” by Fady Joudah and “Things that Have Been Lost” and “Wildpeace” by Yehuda Amichai
Jennifer Rohrbach, Widener University, A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Michaela Kotziers, University of Pennsylvania, “Poetry is Not a Luxury” by Audre Lord
Jasmine Kouyate, Widener University, “Dancing with Strom” by Nikky Finney
Natalie Kawam, Bryn Mawr College, the Nobel Lecture of Toni Morrison
Photos courtesy of Professor Michael Cocchiarale
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