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As part of our ongoing Embracing Complexity series Hancher welcomes artist and activist Amal Kassir. After the workshop Amal will be joining fellow artists Syed Umar Warsi and Amir Safi for an evening of spoken word poetry in Hancher’s Strauss Hall.

The Voice of a 21 st Century American: From the Individual to the World at Large

This workshop is built around the concepts of evolution, engagement and empowerment in the American experience. It utilizes the individual experience to define social injustice and utilize this definition to recognize various issues and how to mitigate them through tangible means. Amal challenges the audience to engage our personal identities, spirituality, morality, and passions to be active in the social justice sphere using our own story to bridge the gaps between each other’s worlds. Through this, we will bridge the gaps between our worlds and the world at large, making change through story-telling a tangible thing.

co-hosted by Hancher and the Free Generative Writing Workshop

The Free Generative Writing Workshop https://www.freegenerative.org provides a space for career writers, curious beginners, writers of all income levels and stages of life. Their goal is to make it easy to meet and learn from some of the most talented writer/teachers living in or passing through Iowa City.