As with everyone with whom I have talked this week, the shock of the killing of Minnesota mother and poet Renee Good continues to reverberate. How can a person respond truthfully and civilly? How does one bear witness to what is so very painful to see?
For myself, I began putting words on the page. Poetry is how I bear witness, but I have still felt very small in the face of this large evidence of repression. That is why I was very grateful that our wonderful local bookstore in Northfield, Content Bookstore, has spearheaded a collective response. The Words to Meet the Moment event will bring people together at our historic Grand Event Center to share their own words and, together, to voice their deep concerns, to embody through the voice our collective–and critical–civil society.
I will be there. And I wanted you, too, to know about it.
In gratitude for your presence in my life, Leslie
(Click on this link WORDS TO MEET THE MOMENT to find all details, including contact information.)
Thank you, my dear friend across the ocean! I feel your spirit, always, on my side of the world.
Thank you, dear Beth! I know you would be here were you still a Northfielder.
I plan to share some of my own words, once they have taken shape, here, too, in due time.
Thank you so much for sharing the details of this event here Leslie and for working to find words to meet the moment. I’m so pleased it will be live-streamed and hope to be able to attend. In any event, I am with you in spirit.
This is wonderful Leslie and I’m so glad you’ll be there. Trusting that means with your own words, or to recite someone’s words that speak to this moment or as importantly to bear witness to all who do speak! Lifts my spirits to know this so thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Bev. Wish you were still in Northfield.
what a strong and positive response. thank you.