L to R: Cathy Linh Che, Glenn Shaheen, Kimberly Blaeser, Samiya Bashir, Deborah Paredez, George Abraham, and Crystal Parikh. Photo credit: Shirley Cai.

On Friday, March 1st, Kundiman and the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU co-presented “Not One Without the Other:” A Reading and Conversation on Creativity and Community. This discussion gathered writers and community organization leaders George Abraham (executive editor of Mizna and Kundiman Fellow), Samiya Bashir (founding organizer of Fire & Ink and Cave Canem Fellow), Kimberly Blaeser (founding executive director of Indigenous Nations Poets), Cathy Linh Che (executive director of Kundiman), Deborah Paredez (co-founder of CantoMundo), and Glenn Shaheen (president and executive director of the Radius of Arab American Writers). The evening opened with a poetry reading followed by a discussion on how we build sustainable and inclusive futures together.

Kimberly Blaeser recites a poem to an audience.

Panelists in discussion. Photo credit: Shirley Cai.

Thank you to our panelists for sharing their insights, to the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU for hosting, and to The Latinx Project at NYU for co-sponsoring this event. Catch up on the full conversation below.

Video by Ruiting Liu, courtesy of the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU.

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