UPDATE: THIS EVENT IS BEING POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Join the flagship event of the national day of literary protest to engage in what Morrison termed "Word Work:" using language to celebrate our differences, reaffirm our dignity, and embrace our humanity. Memorialize one of America’s greatest writers and reclaim the power of words to uplift us, to communicate truth, and to incite change. 
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This program is part of The Frances Project, a Philadelphia-based celebration in association with the Commonwealth Monument Project, designed to bring the life and work of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper to bear on the momentous election year of 2020. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's poems on the separation of enslaved mothers from their children inspired Morrison's great novel Beloved. Listen to Philadelphia actor Diane Leslie perform Harper's work, along with readings by novelists, poets, scholars, journalists, playwrights, performers, and activists. ​