Just Yell/Poetry as Self Defense: The Physical Embodiment of Language

Just Yell/Poetry as Self Defense: The Physical Embodiment of Language
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Monday, August 10, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission

In the second of three performances in Cheryl Pope's Just Yell : From Within exhibition, Pope leads a team of young poets through a performance of self defense training and poetry practice. Poets will engage in conversation and movement that confronts issues of race, gender, policing, and abuses of power.

Presented in partnership with A LONG WALK HOME and Project&

Visit the Poetry Foundation website for more information about this event.

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