“Collaborare ad Alta Voce: Stories by Immigrant Garment Workers From Italy then and to Italy Now,” was an evening of multi-media story-telling and discussion about Italian and Jewish immigrants working in NYC’s garment industry at the turn of the XX century and today’s immigrant workers in Tuscany’s fashion sector. With Francesca Ciuffi, Maria Grazie Cotugno,…
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Panelist on “Unite for a Positive Change” Panel
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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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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When Writing Meets Art A literary reading Jan. 19, 2020 This event will feature seven authors who will read aloud their works of memoir, fiction and poetry: Elissa Cottle, Cori Doerrfeld, Terry Faust, Nancy Hedin, Wing Young Huie, Alison Morse, and Sarah Stonich. An exhibit of paintings by five visual artists also will be on…
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