Occup-oetry: Deadline April 27th

OCCUP-OETRY

                            {& Prose, Song, HipHop, etc}

            for Earth Day & May Day

{and the 1^st anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster,

and 2^nd anniversary of the Gulf Oil spill}

SLAMMIN’ the STATUS QUO (the 1%)

         &

SAVIN’ the ECONOMY,  the PEOPLE, (the 99%)

                  and the PLANET 

Friday May 4             Northampton     Friends Meeting House, 43 Center St.

Wednesday May 9    Greenfield           Arts Block, Main Street 

Friday May 18          Amherst              Food for Thought Books

                                   (all from 6:30 to 9pm)

*  Poetry, prose, and song about war and peace, economic and social justice, environmental protection, racism, women’s/LGBT/human rights, and immigration.   Spoken word that speaks truth to power, and empowers and inspires us.

*  Authors welcome to submit work by Friday April 27 (maximum of 10 minutes) for consideration by a panel of local poets for the Northampton event.  Deadline is Friday May 4 for Greenfield event; Friday May 11 for Amherst event.  And please share this invite with others who might like to participate or attend.

*  2 periods when audience can respond to what they've heard.

*  Poems and lyrics will be available on paper (with poets’ permission) for audience to read along if they wish, and take home

Sponsored by:  Pioneer Valley Climate Action;  Safe and Green Campaign; GreenNorthampton; Grow Food Northampton; Peace and Justice Committee, First Churches of Northampton; Greenfield Community College’s Peace, Justice, and Environmental Studies Program; Center for Environmental Civics; 20/20 Action;

More info:  John Berkowitz, PVCA Director and Poet, 

413-625-6374  johnpberk@gmail.com                     www.pioneervalleyclimateaction.org

Image: DANIEL HASKETT FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE