Voices for Resistance presents: Celebrating [Being True to] One’s Roots, a reading and conversation with Theresa Okokon, storyteller, co-host of Stories from the Stage, and Pushcart Prize nominated essayist. Theresa will read selections from her writings and share stories of grief, identity, and courage. Nicole Young-Martin, founder and host of Black Writers Read, will shepherd
Nicole Young-Martin
Announcing the 2025 Emerging Writer Fellow
Congratulations to Darlene Elias (memoir, creative nonfiction) who has been selected as the 2025 Emerging Writer Fellow. Darlene Elias is an emerging writer and poet from Western Mass. She is a Hawaiian Boricua Anti Colonial Feminist who uses literature, poetry, and spoken word to elevate and validate her own experience as a woman who is Read More