Spend Independence Day with Us
Our second America250 affiliation community engagement event.
America250 | CT250
Power of Place – Doing History – Inclusive Stories – For the Common Good
6:00 PM Democracy Open Mic
Already have a 3 minute poem, song, essay to orate. Share here with others who have worked together collectively through the day.
Tentative Schedule
3:30 – 5 Crockpot picnic and creative engagement about evolving a multi-voice performance piece together over food. (Swedish Meatballs, Chili, Baked Beans & cocktail wieners, Mac’n Cheese, Potato Salad — and what you bring to share. Drinks included. We will open the bottle of champagne left behind by Ubuntu Storytellers to toast to our successful day! )
5 – 5:30 Staging the evening performance in studioW
6:00 PM Democracy Open Mic Starting with Multi-voice performance piece
More food & drink & engagement (maybe catch some fireworks on large screen TV)
Invitation to ACTORvist, Musicians & Poets in Greater New Haven and beyond to explore “Democracy Is A Creative Practice”
Share original or representative work similar to our response to the shuttering of theaters in the pandemic 7 Years Ago: Ghostlight This example for content not production optics.
If you are not a creative by trade, but are concerned about democracy, you are welcome too. Find your creative advocacy voice with us.
Help us build this multi-voice performance piece. Lend your words, your voice. (inspired by @Defiance13 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJEPeUDOMii/ ) Daffodils in Ashes The First 100 Days
Drafting has begun. (add your words, your voices, a counterpoint piece). Inspiration First Hundred Days Daffodils can transcribed here.
REFRAIN: We dare to bloom like daffodils pushing through concrete. (maybe dandelions?)
Voice 1: “As the noose tightens around our freedoms.”
Voices WE march,
WE speak
WE cry,
WE laugh,
WE —
WE —
WE —
Voice 2: In a world scorched by tyranny,
Voice 3: —resistance is our anthem! because hope whispers louder than fear.”
Voice 4: Let the first hundred days be a testament, not just to shame, but to the stubborn hope that refuses to die!
Refrain:
We dare to bloom like daffodils pushing through concrete.
Voices: They try to silence us,
To silence the press
To silence the educators
To —
To —
Voice 5: we turned our voices into a symphony of defiance.
Voice 6: Remember the child with the sign? ‘Be kind or be quiet’—that’s our revolution.
Voice 7: They can build walls, but they can’t cage our spirit.
Voice 8: From church basements to punk shows, we rise—united in resistance.
Voice 9: And as long as we breathe, our reasons will multiply like wildflowers in the cracks of their pavement.
Voice 10: Let them write about the daffodils, for that’s where the heart of America still beats.
Refrain:
We dare to bloom like daffodils pushing through concrete.
Hope to see you there!
Is this about the American spirit? Or is this about the defiance and disorder that arises when people don’t get to have their own way in public squares, government , our President etc, what is the premise of this poem ? It’s not really about unity but conformity is what it sounds like 😊 not hating just saying
The poem by defiance is observation. We offered the opportunity for people of all view point to come together as we always do to find common ground or express what they believe. The metaphor Daffodils through concrete is not about hate it is about resilience. What is heard is always rooted in bias which is why engagement it critical to understanding.