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SUMMARY:Democracy Is A Creative Practice (Voices of democracy)
DESCRIPTION:Spend Independence Day with Us\nOur second America250 affiliation community engagement event.\nAmerica250 | CT250\nPower of Place – Doing History – Inclusive Stories – For the Common Good \n6:00 PM Democracy Open Mic\nAlready have a 3 minute poem\, song\, essay to orate. Share here with others who have worked together collectively through the day. \nTentative Schedule\n3:30 – 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! )\n5 – 5:30 Staging the evening performance in studioW\n6:00 PM Democracy Open Mic Starting with Multi-voice performance piece\nMore food & drink & engagement (maybe catch some fireworks on large screen TV) \nInvitation to ACTORvist\, Musicians & Poets in Greater New Haven and beyond to explore “Democracy Is A Creative Practice”\nShare 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. \nIf you are not a creative by trade\, but are concerned about democracy\, you are welcome too. Find your creative advocacy voice with us. \nHelp 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 \nDrafting has begun. (add your words\, your voices\, a counterpoint piece). Inspiration First Hundred Days Daffodils can transcribed here. \nREFRAIN: We dare to bloom like daffodils pushing through concrete. (maybe dandelions?) \nVoice 1: “As the noose tightens around our freedoms.”\nVoices WE march\,\nWE speak\nWE cry\,\nWE laugh\,\nWE —\nWE —\nWE —\nVoice 2: In a world scorched by tyranny\,\nVoice 3: —resistance is our anthem! because hope whispers louder than fear.”\nVoice 4: Let the first hundred days be a testament\, not just to shame\, but to the stubborn hope that refuses to die! \nRefrain:\nWe dare to bloom like daffodils pushing through concrete. \nVoices: They try to silence us\,\nTo silence the press\nTo silence the educators\nTo —\nTo — \nVoice 5: we turned our voices into a symphony of defiance.\nVoice 6: Remember the child with the sign? ‘Be kind or be quiet’—that’s our revolution.\nVoice 7: They can build walls\, but they can’t cage our spirit.\nVoice 8: From church basements to punk shows\, we rise—united in resistance.\nVoice 9: And as long as we breathe\, our reasons will multiply like wildflowers in the cracks of their pavement.\nVoice 10: Let them write about the daffodils\, for that’s where the heart of America still beats. \nRefrain:\nWe dare to bloom like daffodils pushing through concrete.
URL:https://wpaa.tv/event/democracy-is-a-creative-practice-july-4/
LOCATION:studioW #wpaatv\, 28 So Orchard St\, Wallingford\, CT\, 06492\, United States
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