On August 18, 2020, the founding members of the Poetry Coalition, a national alliance of more than 25 organizations dedicated to working together to promote the value poets bring to our culture, presented a live broadcast ONE POEM: A Protest Reading in Support of Black Lives via Crowdcast. You can watch the full reading here.

Please consider giving to organizations and efforts working against racial injustice, including those recommended by the founding members of the Poetry Coalition here.

The poets featured in One Poem: A Protest Reading in Support of Black Lives were Prisca Afantchao, Sojourner Ahebee, Kazim Ali, Kimberly Blaeser, Jericho Brown, Cortney Lamar Charleston, Meera Dasgupta, Kwame Dawes, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Safia Elhillo, Martín Espada, Sesshu Foster, Kimberly Jae, Raina J. León, Mwatabu Okantah, Arsimmer McCoy, Alberto Ríos, Terisa Siagatonu, Matthew Thompson, Emma Trelles, Nikki Wallschlaeger, Monica Youn, and avery r. young.