What is Justice: Workshop Series Part 1

Event Description

Join award-winning author and poet Terry Watson and State College’s inaugural Poet Laureate Carmin Wong for a unique community-centered examination of words, storytelling, disability, race, and justice. The facilitators will lead two workshops that will explore how poetry can be a tool for healing, resistance, community building, and social change.

”Reading, Reflection, and Discovery” will explore poetry within the disability and racial justice diasporas by examining intersectionality as a theme. Participants will share "What is My Story?" writing and reflection exercises and discussions.

The workshop series is free and open to the public but limited to 14 participants. Registration is required. Participants are asked to attend both in-person workshops and a free public performance in September.

The series is part of the Performing Arts & Disability Collaborative, a colloquium of the Humanities Institute at Penn State, of which the Center is a collaborative partner. Throughout the 2026–27 season, disability advocates and scholars will host events centered on the topic of the intersection of the performing arts and disability.

Event Details

The workshop series is part of a Penn State Performing Arts and Disability Collaborative between the Center for the Performing Arts and the Humanities Institute.

The poetry events are presented in partnership with venue partners Schlow Centre Region Library and 3 Dots Downtown.