Music, Theater and Poetry
Poetry Slams
Organizing a poetry slam is a great way to involve students who otherwise might not be part of DM.
Ask students who write political (or close to political) poetry to read their poems at a poetry slam event that DM sponsors. If there is a poetry club on campus, ask them to co-sponsor with you.
HINT: DM members can read political poetry of other poets. Also, talk to English Dept professors (especially any who teach poetry) to get their help in sponsoring the event and/or recruiting students to read, and/or themselves reading their own or others’ poems!
A list of political poems can be found at: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/collections/101581/poems-of-protest-resistance-and-empowerment