I read from my poem “Delicate Cycles” and from my recent research with Debora Florio about workers and alternative brands in the Florence-Prato fashion industry at “Unite for a Positive Change,” a panel discussion about how education, advocacy and collaboration can drive change in the fashion industry, organized by Debora Florio, the Italian Community Organizer…
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My Poem at the Rutgers’ LEARN Event “From Triangle To Rana Plaza To Temp Workers: Building Worker Power”
On May 6th, I presented one of my poems, “Ready to Wear,” which was also translated into Bangla, as part of the Rutgers University Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) Event “From Triangle To Rana Plaza To Temp Workers: Building Worker Power,” an international virtual panel discussion with: Moderator: Dina Siddiqi, Clinical Associate Professor, Global Liberal…
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Debora Florio, Italian Community Organizer for Remake, and Kathleen Grevers, Director of Education for Fashion Revolution USA, will perform my poems “Delicate Cycles” and “This Is Supply & Demand” in Italian and English as part of their presentation for “Refashion,” an art-fashion-sustainability event at Female Arts in Florence at 6:30 p.m., Borgo J. Frediano 131,…
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Four of my poems, “Union Maids,” “To Target,” “#Garment Workers, Too,” and “Craft Project,” appear in The Bangalore Review.
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Two of my poems, “Conundrum Dream Dialogue” and “Delicate Cycles,” appear in Social Fabric, an anthology of visual art and personal writing about textiles and apparel.
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Watch participants read the poems and stories they wrote for the “Stories We Wear” workshop that I facilitated in June, 2022, at the Side Freedom Library.
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Stories We Wear with writer Alison Morse sponsored by the The Eastside Freedom Library Saturday, June 11, 10 a.m.—12:15 p.m. in person at the East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul Join local poet, writer and activist Alison Morse for a workshop that invites solidarity with the workers who make our clothes. Share your experiences…
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Stories We Wear with writer Alison Morse, sponsored by the Macalester Jewish Organization Tuesday, March 22, 8pm, CRSL, Macalester College Stories We Wear, which will take place three days before the 111th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, is a writing, reading and discussion workshop that invites you to share your experiences with your clothes, and…
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I designed and led a creative writing workshop, “Becoming a Garment Worker,” for middle-school students at Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School in October, 2021.
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My article for Remake, published on September 29th 2021, announcing the ground-breaking International Accord for Health and Safety for garment workers and the first steps that will be taken by the Accord’s Secretariat.
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