Friday, September 12th, 7 PM at the Mansion at Strathmore— An evening of poetry & music, hosted by Seema Reza.
Join Mission Belonging for United Against Silence, a Community Showcase. An evening of poetry & performances by the Mission Belonging Community, hosted by Seema Reza. Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to all (ages 16+). Donations are accepted and will go towards offsetting travel costs for facilitators and Veteran participants attending A Day of Belonging.
Featured performers include:
- Amelia Bane
- Kevin Basl
- George Goetzke
- Joan Green
- Courtney LeBlanc
- Belena Marquez
- Martha Pedersen
- Monica Pernia
- Ashley Price
- Cathrine Schmid
- Alleria Stanley
- Laura Van Prooyen
- Ben Weakley
- Kayla Williams
- Willie Young
About the host
Seema Reza is the author of A Constellation of Half-Lives & When the World Breaks Open. Her writing has appeared in print and on-line in McSweeney’s, The Washington Post, The Feminist Wire, Bellevue Literary Review, The Offing, Full Grown People, and The Nervous Breakdown among others, and has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She has taught poetry in classrooms, jails, hospitals, and universities, and has performed across the country at universities, theaters, festivals, bookstores, conferences, & one fine mattress shop.
