By Debbie Allen and Patricia Thrushart, Cofounders, Poets Against Racism & Hate USA In a few days, we will resume the Ohio Underground Railroad Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour after a brief summer hiatus. We do so gratified by outcomes we’ve achieved thus far and optimistic about impacts we may realize going forward. Poets Against Racism & […]

By Debbie Allen and Patricia Thrushart, Cofounders, Poets Against Racism & Hate USA A museum just steps from the banks of the Ohio River, “Jordan” as it was known in coded slave spirituals. A library on the shores of Lake Erie, where passage to Canada brought a new life. The dairy barn of a farm

In the workshop PARH USA offers, we quote the Poetry Foundation’s editorial staff, which wrote, “Poetry is commanding enough to gather crowds in a city square and compact enough to demand attention on social media.” Believing, as we do, in the power of poetry to confront racism, bigotry, and hate, our goal with this blog