BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34103@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250224T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250224T220000 DTSTAMP:20250227T151048Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/for-gazas-children-a-busboys-and-po ets-books-presentation/ SUMMARY:FOR GAZA'S CHILDREN | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation DESCRIPTION:When we prioritize our children\, we are also prioritizing a wo rld shaped by peace\, safety\, love and justice. When we protect our child ren\, we are also protecting our most beautiful legacies and coveted tradi tions. When we invest in our children\, we are also investing in our most audacious freedom dreams and our most impossible future worlds.\n\nThe chi ldren of Gaza\, and indeed all of Palestine\, are no different. Driven by this commitment\, we have decided to assemble an anthology that prioritize s children. We hope to contribute to the present moment of radical resista nce and revolutionary possibility by placing the lives\, experiences\, con ditions\, feelings\, perspectives\, and stories of the region's children a t the center of our social\, cultural\, moral\, legal\, and political anal ysis. For this anthology\, we have chosen to exclusively spotlight the voi ces of progressive Black and Jewish American writers. In foregrounding Bla ck and Jewish identities\, including those writers who identify as both Bl ack and Jewish\, we hope to refute several dangerous myths about Black and Jewish Americans on the question of Israel/Palestine.\n\nEditors Haki R. Madhubuti and Keith Gilyard are joining us on the Busboys stage to upl ift the voices of the progressive Black\, Brown\, and Jewish writers who c ontributed to this anthology and expand on the importance of protecting an d prioritizing children in the fight for liberation. Copies of the book wi ll be available for purchase before\, during\, and after the event\, and t he editors will be signing following the program.\n\nThis event is free an d open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm\, and will be followed by an audience Q&\;A. Copies of FOR GAZA’S CHILDREN will be available for p urchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is IN PER SON and WILL be livestreamed. \n\nWe ask that guests RSVP in order to rec eive direct updates about the event from Busboys and Poets Books\n\nProfes sor Haki R. Madhubuti is a best-selling poet\, author\, and educator. Wi dely regarded as one of the architects of the Black Arts Movement (BAM)\, he is the founder and publisher of Chicago's Third World Press\, the oldes t independent Black book publishing company in the world (1967). In 2015\, the publishing house expanded its mission as Third World Press Foundation . Madhubuti is also a co-founder of both the Institute of Positive Educati on (1969) and the Betty Shabazz International Charter Schools (1998)\, an African-centered institution\, which operates three schools in Chicago.\n\ nMadhubuti has authored more than 37 books including Think Black\; Black P ride\, with an introduction by Dudley Randall\; and Don’t Cry\, Scream! with an introduction by Gwendolyn Brooks\, which sold over 75\,000 copies in its first year\; We Walk the Way of the New World\; HeartLove\; and Lib eration Narratives are also three of his bestselling books of poetry. As a n essayist\, Madhubuti authored Black Men: Obsolete\, Single\, Dangerous? The African American Family in Transition (1991)\, a book that was a natio nal bestseller of over 100\,000 copies. He has produced four albums/CDs wi th music\, and his poetry and essays have been included in more than 100 a nthologies His latest book\, Taught By Women: Poems As Resistance Language (2020)\, pays homage to women who influenced him.\n\nMadhubuti earned his Master of Fine Arts at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He has been awarded five Honorary degrees. He has taught at Columbia College of Chicago\, Cornell University\, University of Illinois at Chicago\, Howard University\, Morgan State University\, University of Iowa\, DePaul Univers ity\, and Chicago State University\, where he founded and directed the Gwe ndolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing\; co-founde d the first MFA in Creative Writing program at a predominately Black Unive rsity\; and co-founded the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent. Upon his retirement\, Madhubuti was named University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Chicago State University.\n\nHis poetr y has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Natio nal Endowment for the Humanities\, and he has won the American Book Award\ , Illinois Arts Council Award\, and the Studs Terkel Humanities Service Aw ard. Madhubuti was awarded the Hurston/Wright Legacy Prize in poetry for h is book\, Liberation Narratives. Among his many awards\, Madhubuti receive d the "Literary Legacy Award" from the National Black Writer's Conference. He was a recipient of the Pegasus Lifetime Achievement Award from the Poe try Foundation and is the 2024 awardee of the Mark Twain Award by The Soci ety for the Study of Midwestern Literature. He was inducted into the Chica go Black Artist Hall of Fame\, Class of 2024 by the Black Arts &\; Cult ure Alliance of Chicago. Madhubuti was also awarded BACC Black Excellence in Poetry Award for his book Taught By Women. Most recently\, Madhubuti wa s honored by the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center with th e “Living in her Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award” in recognition of a lifetime of service and exemplary art activism. Madhubuti has given poet ry readings and conducted workshops in thousands of community cultural cen ters\, libraries\, bookstores\, colleges\, and universities on four contin ents and in almost 40 states in the United States.\n\nKeith Gilyard is th e Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and African American Studies at P enn State University. The author or editor of numerous books\, his works i nclude African American Literature (edited with Anissa Wardi)\; Discourse in Black\; The Promise of Language: A Memoir\; and Impressions: New and Se lected Poems. Gilyard is a former president of the National Council of Tea chers of English and the recipient of two American Book Awards. 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