02/18/2024
“White, Green Futures,” an environmental-justice-education and poetry-writing workshop with Cortland Gilliam. Free, open to teens and adults, Sat. Feb 24, 2-4 PM, Chapel Hill Public Library. Register at: https://bit.ly/47Bi6hK
Chapel Hill Poet Laureate Cortland Gilliam is a poet, educator, cultural organizer, and doctoral candidate in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In his academic work, he studies cultures of school discipline and histories of Black youth contributions to liberation movements of the late twentieth century. Within the community, Cortland serves as co-chair of the board of directors at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center, a nonprofit dedicated to making and preserving local history in Chapel Hill and Carrboro's Black neighborhoods. Relatedly, his creative work explores the hues and textures of racialized experiences, identities, and histories. His poetry has been published in Walter Magazine, Gulfstream Magazine, and the Triangle Poetry Twenty-Twenty-One anthology.
Poems created in the workshop will be audio-recorded and available via QR code at Floraffiti planting sites in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
🌱🌱🌱 Plant with Floraffiti in March! Volunteer to help plant the seeds that will grow into inspirational living words in our communities this spring. 👉 More info & sign-up: https://bit.ly/PlantWithFloraffiti2024
This project is proudly sponsored by: Visit Chapel Hill & Orange County, NC l Town of Carrboro, NC Strowd Roses, Inc. Foundation & Gene Strowd Community Rose Garden Downtown Chapel Hill
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Orange County Arts Commission & Eno Arts Mill North Carolina Arts Council The ArtsCenter
