A Poet’s Theater piece about Riverhead School District, entitled “My Privilege”, will be performed at the PeaceSmiths Coffeeehouse in Amityville, Long Island, NY on Friday, December 1st.
PeaceSmiths, founded in 1972, holds a peace and justice coffeehouse with music, poetry, and Open Mic.
Come support Riverhead RASi and harmony in Riverhead schools by coming to see “My Privilege” poetry play performed. Also on tap for the evening, music by the band “Friends”, including covers of Dylan and Neil Young.
More about “My Privilege”…
“My Privilege” is found poetry. At its core, it is a speech made on a night of public controversy and public discussion. It happened on March 28, 2023. A school board member from Riverhead Central School District in Suffolk County, Long Island, NY had made disparaging comments about Latinos and about the Brentwood community and had to resign her position.
Many members of the Brentwood and Riverhead communities came to support Latino students. Though, one man gave an eloquent speech which expressed apathy at best: Apathy towards the insults of a colleague; apathy towards the feelings of Latinos; and apathy towards the need for reflection and healing.
Jim Navarre will play the role of “Wallis”. The man who did not care.
More about PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse (and directions)…
PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse
Friday, December 1, 2023
at 8pm
Music: The band, “Friends”, with Steve Spinner. Covers of Dylan, Neil Young, and more. Musician Steve Spinner has played at PeaceSmiths before in the Open Mic and as a featured Performer!
“My Privilege” a Poets Theater piece by Kimberly Wilder
Actor: Jim Navarre (Local actor and activist)
Open Time – maybe you!
Bring your song, dance, poem, hurrang or whatever it is you do!
$7 at the door
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PeaceSmiths is held at…
First United Methodist Church, Amityville
25 Broadway, Amityville, NY, United States, New York
(The southernmost part of Rt. 110)
( “The Last Church on the Left”)
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