To have been a member or friend of Poets Against Racism & Hate USA the past year is to have been distraught daily as blatant racism and hate became standard practices in our country, implemented and condoned by those at the nation’s highest levels. Examples seem superfluous by now, but here goes. In early 2025, […]
Leaving a Challenging Year Behind, Taking on the Next Read More »
By Debbie Allen, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism & Hate USA In 2024, Poets Against Racism & Hate USA and the Ohio Poetry Association (OPA) presented the Ohio Underground Railroad Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour to raise awareness of issues of social injustice, hate, and prejudice past and present. Tour events took place at Underground Railroad sites around
“How We See Free” Community Writing Project Receives Academic Recognition Read More »
Social justice poetry, poetry of dissent, protest poetry, poetry of witness, political poetry—many names exist for the kind of poems PARH USA members write. But in every name is the word “poetry.” In the PARH USA Social Justice Poetry Workshop, we urge participants to keep in mind that they are poets, not propagandists. That a
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