Splash Biography

Are you interested in the intersections between democracy and poetry? Have you ever wondered how poems have been used to enact democracy? Do poems such as Amanda Gorman’s The Hill We Climb stick out to you? Join us for a seminar on how historically poetry has been used as a powerful tool to further democratic goals and champion democracy within America! At the end of the seminar, students will get the chance to write their own poem and apply what they have learned to use language as a form of resistance, communication, and community building.