Senses: Metaphors Are Not Enough

400 Summer Street, Boston MA

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Date: March 7, 2021 Time: 3:30-5:00pm Link coming soon On the eve of International Women’s Day, FPTC will host six members of The Streetfeet Women Elena Harap, Christine Liu, Lymyn O’Sing, Andrea L. Humphrey, Mary Elizabeth Birnbaum and Mary Millner McCullough who will share a piece, some with music, from their recently published anthology of poems and prose Metaphors Are Not Enough. All the work celebrates and honors women and girls. Anthology available for purchase through Lulu Bookstore: . https://www.lulu.com/.../paperback/product-vq6me4.html This anthology spans themes of freedom and justice, identity, culture, love, and friendship. Throughout the women offer wisdom, humor, and the unique perspective of a diverse company of writers and performers. The group was originally founded in 1982 by Elena Harap and Mary McCullough. The anthology begins with an introduction on how StreetFeet Women got their name and tells the story through the decades of how social movements affected the group, how they shared the work, and got to this place we are now. Celebrating the dignity and creativity with which ordinary and diverse women live their lives. For forty years the group has produced socially conscious work and brings the work to women and girls in their neighborhoods - where they live and work. The StreetFeet Women performed at the NGO Forums of two United Nations World Conferences on Women: Nairobi, Kenya and Beijing, China. Their language is universal - uplifting and encouraging each other and their audiences to find out who they are; find their inner strength and be open to other people, other societies, by finding and trusting their voices. These women are anything but ordinary. More about StreetFeet Women: https://sites.google.com/.../street.../streetfeet-women/home https://fb.me/e/20BGNCVzL