Poetic Health Justice: A Voice to Cancer Lore

Experience the stories and struggles of cancer through the power of poetry. This event weaves together performance, visual art, and critical conversation to illuminate the structural injustices of illness. Through creative expression and dialogue, we explore the lived realities of cancer, the inequities that shape them, and the possibilities for collective change.

In partnership with The Good Listening Project and the American Poetry Museum, we will host a performance, exhibit, and panel on April 9th at the True Reformer Building from 6:00pm to 8:00pm to create an experience that honors the lived realities of those impacted by cancer in the DC metropolitan area. Through this collaboration, we will create a space where stories that surface injustices and —often overlooked in clinical and policy discussions—are given form, depth, and power.

The Good Listening Project will help us build a physical and digital footprint by translating cancer lore into poetry, drawn from in-person…