<span class="gmail_quote"></span><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Split This Rock Poetry Festival:
Poems of Provocation & Witness</b> invites proposals for <b>panel
discussions</b>
and workshops on a range of topics at the intersection of poetry and
social change. The guidelines are pasted below and will be available
for download from the website at </font><a title="blocked::http://www.splitthisrock.org/" href="http://www.splitthisrock.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#800080" face="Times New Roman">
www.<span id="st" name="st" class="st">SplitThisRock</span>.org</font></a><font face="Times New Roman"> next week. <b>The deadline is December 1, 2007</b>.
Please forward this notice widely and send us your ideas – we can't
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Sarah Browning and the Coordinating
Committee of Split This Rock</font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><b><font face="Times New Roman">Split This Rock Poetry Festival</font></b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><b><font face="Times New Roman">CALL FOR PANEL DISCUSSION PROPOSALS</font></b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Split This Rock </b>calls
poets to a greater role in public life and fosters a national community
of activist poets. Building the audience for poetry of provocation and
witness from our home in the nation's capital, we celebrate poetic
diversity and the transformative power of the imagination.</font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><b><font face="Times New Roman">Split This Rock Poetry Festival:
Poems of Provocation & Witness</font></b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><b><font face="Times New Roman">March 20-23, 2008, Washington,
DC</font></b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Split This Rock Poetry Festival will
bring poets and writers to Washington DC on the
fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq,
in the midst of the presidential election. The festival will feature
readings, workshops, panel discussions, youth programming, film,
activism, and walking tours - opportunities to build community, hone
our activist skills, and celebrate the many ways that poetry can act as
an agent for social change. To read more about the festival, see our
website at: </font><a title="blocked::http://www.splitthisrock.org/" href="http://www.splitthisrock.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font color="#800080" face="Times New Roman">
www.<span id="st" name="st" class="st">SplitThisRock</span>.org</font></a><font face="Times New Roman">. </font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">In
addition to featured readings by guest poets, Split this Rock invites
proposals for panel discussions and workshops on a range of topics at
the intersection of poetry and social change. Possibilities are
endless. Challenge us. Let's talk about craft, let's talk about
mentoring young poets, let's talk about working in prisons, connecting
with the activist community, sustaining ourselves in dark times, the
role of poetry in wartime. Let's remember great poet activists and
discover new, let's think international, visual, collaborative, out of
the box. </font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">A
panel may consist of 3-4 persons, with one person designated as
facilitator. Please title your panel and include brief biographical
information for each participant, along with a two paragraph
description of your panel—what are the questions you wish to
explore—why is this conversation timely and necessary at this time—how
will this panel further the goals of Split This Rock? How are the
members of your panel uniquely qualified to lead a conversation on your
proposed topic?</font></font></div>
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</font><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">We have a strong interest in
interactive conversation and community building, so please indicate <u>how</u>
you will involve participants in the discussion. </font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Please
note that panel presenters must register for Split This Rock Poetry
Festival. Some scholarships will be available. There is no limit to the
number of proposals you may send, but please be sure that all proposed
presenters have agreed to be part of your proposed panel. Also, we are
a small, mostly volunteer group, so please send only your favorite
ideas.</font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Send proposals in the body of an
email to: </font><a title="blocked::mailto:info@splitthisrock.org" href="mailto:info@splitthisrock.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><font face="Times New Roman">info@<span id="st" name="st" class="st">
splitthisrock</span>.org</font></a><font face="Times New Roman">
by December 1, 2007. Please include full contact information for
yourself and all proposed panel presenters. Please use the attached
form. Just copy the questions into an email and paste your answers in.
Please be sure to save a copy of your proposal, as emails do sometimes
go astray. We will acknowledge receipt of your proposal, with a
timeline for hearing back. </font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Questions? Email us at </font><a title="blocked::mailto:info@splitthisrock.org" href="mailto:info@splitthisrock.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
<font face="Times New Roman">info@<span id="st" name="st" class="st">splitthisrock</span>.org</font></a><font face="Times New Roman">. We look forward to reading your proposal!</font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><b><font face="Times New Roman">Split This Rock Poetry Festival</font></b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><b><font face="Times New Roman">PANEL DISCUSSION PROPOSAL FORM</font></b></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">PANEL TITLE: </font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Convener/Facilitator Name:</font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Participant Name:</font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Participant Name:</font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Participant Name:</font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">1. Please include a one paragraph
bio for each participant.</font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">2. Please describe in 250 words or
less the purpose of your panel. </font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> 3. Describe your method for
involving festival participants in the panel. </font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">**</font></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Sarah Browning</font></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Coordinator</font></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Split This Rock Poetry Festival</font></font></div>
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