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The North Carolina Ties To NPR s Latest Community Poem

Flickr April is National Poetry Month, and one Asheville resident contributed to NPR s community poem that focused on grappling with discrimination, Today, I Am A Witness To Change. Victoria Crane-Lindsey was listening to NPR one day recently while she drove home from an appointment in Asheville. She heard Morning Edition host Rachel Martin mention something about a community poem that listeners could contribute to, with the theme of how people grapple with increased violence and discrimination in the wake of attacks against Asian Americans. And Crane-Lindsey was motivated. I was just really moved by the community process of bringing together the crowd-sourced poem, she said. And I got home and was just inspired and submitted it.

Today, I Am A Witness To Change : A Crowdsourced Poem Against Anti-Asian Hate

A boy holding a sign takes part in a Stop Asian Hate rally in Oakland, Calif. April is National Poetry Month, a celebration of poets and poetry that s been in place for 25 years. Last month, as the U.S. grieved over attacks against Asian Americans, NPR s Morning Edition collected poems on how people grapple with the increased violence and discrimination. Over 500 listeners shared powerful, poignant poems in the form of a list beginning with the word today. They showcased fear, anger, empathy and motivation to make the world a better place. NPR s resident poet Kwame Alexander took lines from the submissions to create a community poem, Today, I Am A Witness To Change. Contributors are credited at the bottom.

Today, I Am A Witness To Change : A Crowdsourced Poem Against Anti-Asian Hate - NPR News

Image credit: Wu Xiaoling Stay tuned in to our local news coverage: Listen to 90.7 WMFE on your FM or HD radio, the WMFE mobile app or your smart speaker say “Alexa, play NPR” and you’ll be connected. April is National Poetry Month, a celebration of poets and poetry that’s been in place for 25 years. Last month, as the U.S. grieved over attacks against Asian Americans, NPR’s Morning Edition collected poems on how people grapple with the increased violence and discrimination. Over 500 listeners shared powerful, poignant poems in the form of a list beginning with the word “today.” They showcased fear, anger, empathy and motivation to make the world a better place.

Today, I Am A Witness To Change : A Crowdsourced Poem Against Anti-Asian Hate

Today, I Am A Witness To Change : A Crowdsourced Poem Against Anti-Asian Hate
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Today, I Am A Witness To Change : A Crowdsourced Poem Against Anti-Asian Hate

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