March 7, 2022
New Poets of Native Poetry Organizations from Across the U.S. Join Together to Offer Programs on the Theme Women's Scholarship
By The Poetry Coalition
This year, the 25+ organizations nationwide that comprise the Poetry Coalition will launch “The future lives in our bodies: Poetry & Disability Justice,” the coalition’s sixth annual programming initiative. For this collaborative effort, the organizations will offer a range of programs that speak to this urgent topic. Poetry Coalition programming is made possible in part by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Ford Foundation which were secured by the Academy of American Poets.
The line “The future lives in our bodies: Poetry & Disability Justice” is from the poem “Femme Futures” by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.
Poetry Coalition members aim to demonstrate how poetry can inspire questions in their communities about disability justice and spark increased engagement with this important theme. Member organizations are committed to offering programming that is accessible and that includes disabled poets and those of diverse racial, ethnic, and gender identities, backgrounds, and communities.
In-Na-Po is collaborating with Abalone Mountain Press for our forthcoming zine, "Indigeneity and Disability Justice," as part of the Poetry Coalition 2022 programming. Stay tuned for updates.
All organizations and others interested are invited to create programs on this theme in 2022 and share their efforts using the hashtags #DisabilityJustice and #PoetryCoalition. For some additional resources to assist in programming, visit: https://poets.org/poetryanddisabilityjustice.
In-Na-Po
Founded in 2020, In-Na-Po—Indigenous Nations Poets—is a national Indigenous poetry community committed to mentoring emerging writers, nurturing the growth of Indigenous poetic practices, and raising the visibility of all Native Writers past, present, and future. In-Na-Po recognizes the role of poetry in sustaining tribal sovereign nations and Native languages.