T170.
Beyond the Statement: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Literary Organizations
Thursday, March 24, 2022
12:10 pm to 1:25 pm
Literary organizations must reflect the growing call for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their workshops, events, readings, and outreach. Adopting a statement is the first step, but how do we create socially relevant and diverse programming while ensuring equity and inclusive access to all? Join the leaders of several literary organizations to discuss creating their own statements and how through increasing and supporting DEI, the reach of the literary arts exponentially expands.
Participants
Michael Khandelwal writes and publishes fiction and poetry and teaches workshops for the Muse Writers Center in Norfolk, Virginia, for which he is the executive director (and cofounder). He is a columnist for Coastal Virginia Magazine and a former webmaster for the American Council on Education.
Rob Arnold (he/him) is a Chamoru poet, editor, and interim executive director of Hugo House, Seattle's independent writing center. His poems have appeared in Ploughshares, Hyphen, Gettysburg Review, Poetry Northwest, Red Ink, Yes, Poetry, the Ocean State Review, and the Volta, among others.
Jerod Santek is the artistic director at Write On, Door County, a nonprofit writing center and writers' residency program he helped found in 2013. From 1994 to 2013, he served as the program director at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.
Peter E. Murphy is the founder of Murphy Writing of Stockton University, which has been sponsoring The Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway and other conferences, workshops, and courses in the United States and Europe since 1994. www.murphywriting.com
Carla Du Pree's fiction appears in several literary journals. She is executive director of CityLit Project and recipient of fellowships from Hedgebrook, VCCA, Rhode Island Writers Colony for Writers of Color, and Poetry Foundation, as well as a Rubys Grant and MSAC Individual Artist award for her work-in-progress.
