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STILL WE RISE: a protest poetry writing workshop with sofía aguilar

Dive into and dissect protest poems from legendary poets and changemakers

Build strategies for using poetry as a form of social justice, inspiration, and call to action

Begin writing your own protest poem to inspire the activist in you and in others

Learn how to use poetry to empower our communities, protest injustice, resist systems of oppression, and create meaningful change!

*all levels welcome!

Sofía is a Chicana writer and editor based in Los Angeles, California. Her poetry has appeared in Wind-Up Mice, The Vital Sparks, and Melanin. Magazine, among other publications. A first-generation college graduate, Sofía earned a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she received the Andrea Klein Willison Prize for Poetry and was a finalist for the Academy of American Poets College Prize. STREAMING SERVICE: golden shovels made for tv (2021) is her self-published debut poetry chapbook. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter @sofiaxaguilar or visit her website sofiaaguilar.com.

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