Resistance, Resilience: A Black Dandelion Birth into the Future
Sat, Apr 12
|Unitarian Universalist Church UU
This interactive workshop will immerse participants in the transformative powers of literacy, collective dialogue, and self-discovery
Time & Location
Apr 12, 2025, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Unitarian Universalist Church UU, 2474 S Ballenger Hwy, Flint, MI 48507, USA
Guests
About the Event
Presenter: Lisa Sarno
Description: This interactive workshop will immerse participants in the transformative powers of literacy, collective dialogue, and self-discovery through the Black Dandelion Convergent Voice™ curriculum. Participants will be asked to engage, collectively, with the poem, “Black Dandelion” to facilitate confidence and increase feelings of accessibility to literature. Through a self-reflective worksheet, the participants will spend time crafting an “I Am” exercise that will culminate in an Identity poem. From that place, participants will reconvene and discuss the resilience and resistance present in their own experiences in relation to the Black Dandelion poem and share their pieces with the group.
Lisa Sarno is a poet, musician, and performer based in Flint, Michigan. She is a member of the Lansing-based women’s poetry and performance group, Voices of The Revolution. She is active currently in local poetry events, open mic engagements, and performances collaborating with other artists. Lisa is an informal…
