Near the end of last year, we published a blog post in which we referenced an “alphabet of resistance.” This word list was created by the editors of Coda: Community Writing + Creative Work, a special section included in select issues of Community Literacy Journal. With their “alphabet of resistance,” the Coda editors identified terms […]

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,

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