This Special Episode is a live recording of the event Love & Resistance: Poetry & Conversation, Latinx Voices that took place on el Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead), November 2, 2023. The event was in collaboration with NH PANTHER whose mission is to help end racism and systemic biases through community engagement, direct mutual aid, education and curriculum reform, and youth empowerment programming. I sat down with Ben Bacote, Co-Founder and Director of NH PANTHER. We talked about poetry and how it resonated both historically and personally to the Latinx experience. Throughout the conversation we reference a slideshow that’s available here. Although not included in the episode, local artist and host Victoria Carrington opened up the event with an informative and personal account of Día de los Muertos. We were co-sponsored by local Mexican restaurant Vida Cantina who provided both the venue and delicious food for the evening. DJ MAM was spinning tunes all night. This was truly a community event. We hope you enjoy! 

Guest: Ben Bacote & NH PANTHER, IG: @nhpanthers,  Website: https://nhpanther.org

Victoria Carrington: @lilacandaspen

DJ MAM: @djmam19

Vida Cantina: @vidacantinanh

Event playlist on Spotify

Poem(s) discussed: "Who Understands Me but Me" by Jimmy Santiago Baca, "The Contract Says: We'd Like the Conversation to be Bilingual" by Ada Límon, "The Latin Deli: an Ars Poetica" by Judith Ortiz Cofer,  and "Like You" by Roque Dalton

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Production: Kula Production Company

Photo Credit: Najee Brown @authoredby

Theme Music: Stu Dias @stuartdiasplaysmusicsometimes

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This podcast is also sponsored in part by The Academy of American Poets with funds from the Mellon Foundation.