Featuring Jillian Hanesworth, Buffalo’s Poet Laureate and author of The Revolution Will Rhyme; with Shaina Merchant, WNYPC Office Manager and poetry afficianado; Deidra EmEl, WNYPC Executive Director and arts instigator; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator.
Discussion:
- values we bring
- Poetry and Activism
- Poetry and Healing – for individuals; for the community
- The origins of The Revolution Will Rhyme, with remarks by Dr. Cornel West
- plans and hopes for the future
- ways people can make, promote, and get involved in poetry
The show is taped for just under an hour by Think Twice Radio: Home of the Future (thanks to Richard Wicka, our wonderful producer). The Zoom recording, livestreamed on Facebook during the taping, will air on WBNY 91.3FM on the following Monday at 1pm EST. After airing, you can also find the video archived on the WNY Peace Center YouTube channel.
With the realization that untold stories leave voids in history, it becomes an inherent necessity for African Americans to possess the ideology that they have an Ancestorial Obligation to not only learn their history but to share it with their youth. Realizing that in order for youth to have a fair chance of succeeding at life, they must be able to read at grade level by the 3rd or 4th grade, and also realizing that presenting local and/or national iconic figures to our youth who “look like them” in the form of books, plays or art work it may encourage them to want to read more therefore learning more. The structure of this, three (3) scene play “Frederick Douglass the Story” was done in an attempt to achieve this goal.
Admission is Pay What You Wish. This program is also available to view through Facebook Live.
Due to the COVID-19, events may be canceled or rescheduled. Before attending, please check the Museum’s website Events page (https://buffalohistory.org/events-list/) to confirm the status of an event.
Over sixty years after China’s Most Wanted Man the Dalai Lama escaped from occupied Tibet, this powerful documentary follows the Dalai Lama as he recounts his escape through the Tibetan borderlands into India to tell his remarkable escape story as he fled Tibet in 1959. This is the first time the historic story has been told on film with the Dalai Lama in his own words and the Indian political officer who led him to safety, Har Mander Singh. Narrated by Golden Globe Nominee Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) and with music by Grammy Nominated Anoushka Shankar. On the 63rd Anniversary of the escape, this is a World Premiere Fathom Event for 1 Night Only and it includes a personal message for young leaders from the Dalai Lama.
Original title: Never Forget Tibet
Movie genre: Documentary
Cast: Hugh Bonneville, The Dalai Lama
Director: Jean-Paul Mertinez
Production: 2022
Age restrictions: NR
Showing in: 2D
