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Poetry, like rice, has been woven into resistance movements as a means of sustenance and survival. Salt has protected and purified communities in the way poetry holds and heals us. And water, the source of life, has revealed the poetry of power and the necessity of change and flow. How has poetry sustained you? What is your recipe for resistance? Through critical analysis, dialogue, and guided writing prompts, this workshop will help participants identify personal tools for creating a sustainable writing practice.

Saskia Kercy is a scholar-activist, educator, and writer from Philadelphia by way of Haiti. A master of economics with accolades in research and poetry, she has been published in the Sadie Collective, the Amistad, the Washington Informer, and the Root, among others. Saskia is an Anaphora Literary Arts Fellow and teaches poetry, social studies, and economics. An eldest daughter and world traveler, she is an organizer with the Black Alliance for Peace. More from her @saskiakercy or at bysaskia.co.

Gabriel Ramirez is a Queer Afro-Caribbean writer, performer, and educator—a 2023 Gregory Djanikian Scholar in Poetry at Adroit Journal. Gabriel has received fellowships from The Conversation Literary Arts Festival, CantoMundo, Miami Book Fair, a graduate fellow at The Watering Hole, and a participant in the Callaloo Writer’s Workshops. His work is in Poetry Magazine, Muzzle Magazine, Split This Rock, BOMB, and Acentos Review. Learn more about Gabriel Ramirez @RamirezPoet and RamirezPoet.com.