About this Event
* "Read a poem, feed the hungry" (George Wallace) If you come in person, please bring peanut butter, jelly, or a non perishable food item for the pantry. If you are virtual, please donate to your local pantry. If you are a poet, please consider writing a poem for PoetryXHunger.com https://www.poetryxhunger.com/submission-guidelines.html .
Usha Akella is mover and shaker in the poetry world. She is the founder of the Poetry Caravan in New York and Austin which takes poetry readings to the disadvantaged in women’s shelters, senior homes, hospitals. Several hundreds of readings have reached these venues via this medium. The City of Austin proclaimed January 7th as Poetry Caravan Day. She is published internationally. Usha Akella is a sensitive, strong individual who has created opportunities for Indian Writers. She read with a group of eminent South Asian Diaspora poets at the House of Lords in June 2016. Her work has been included in the Harper Collins Anthology of Indian English Poets.
Please come either live or via zoom. Please use this link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtceispj4jHNTjlYn5-w855sYaGxr1nxZm
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ecumenical Lay Council - Food Distribution Center, 330 Main Street, Northport, United States
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