Freedom Forum 2018: Testify: Memoir as a Tool for Building History

Can memoir become a tool for action? Is there a way that a living literature by those whose voices have been silenced can make its way into the canon – to be taught in high schools, colleges and universities; to be circulated side by side with the writings of those who are already acknowledged by the establishment?

As the Long Island representative of a state-wide initiative coordinated by the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy, Herstory Writers workshop will partner with the Humanities Institute of Stony Brook University, Building Bridges in Brookhaven, and People Power of Patchogue, to stage a day-long Freedom Forum, featuring grass roots literature produced by Long Island’s most vulnerable and isolated populations.  Kathy Engel will be the featured poet and activist for the day.