The Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, Student Life Office, and Humanities Division would like to invite the entire college community to take part in a

Fundraiser for Tsunami Relief: Honoring SouthEast Asian & African Cultures

Poetry Reading & Bake Sale

Come join the MCC community to listen, honor, and contribute.  Hear the rich contributions of poets from SouthEast Asian and African countries that have recently suffered unprecedented death and destruction from the devastating earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. 

The fundraisers / poetry readings will take place:

Wednesday, February 2nd, at 12:00 noon        (Bedford Campus flier)

Bedford Campus Cafe           

   &

 

Thursday, February 3rd, at 12:00 noon            (City Campus flier)

Lower Cafe, City Campus

 

(Some Poetry Selections - poetry from Tsunami-affected countries)

Call for Readers!  

If you are interested in reading a poem either by a poet from one of the affected countries, or written in response to this worldwide tragedy, please contact Tom Laughlin by email at laughlint@middlesex.mass.edu, by phone at ext. 3839, or in person at HH-101.

Faculty and staff members:  We look forward to your contributions.  We would also like to get as many students involved as possible.  Although this is a fairly informal reading and celebration, if you have any students who want to read a poem, we ask that you oversee their choice of poem and their readiness to read, perhaps by practicing with them.  

Students, Alumni, MCC Community members:  We look forward to your contributions.  Although this is a fairly informal reading and celebration, we want students, alumni, and other readers to meet at least briefly with an MCC faculty member or Prof. Tom Laughlin.  This faculty member can discuss guidelines for time length, offer advice regarding your selection(s), and provide an opportunity for you to rehearse your reading.

(Poetry Selections of poetry from Tsunami-affected countries)

The current list of readers and poems can be viewed at the following:

Bedford Campus Reading:  http://www.middlesex.mass.edu/wac/TsunamiReliefRdrListBed.htm

City Campus Reading: http://www.middlesex.mass.edu/wac/TsunamiReliefRdrListCity.htm

 

Tom can be reached by email at laughlint@middlesex.mass.edu    Please let him know

a) your name  

b) the title and author of the poem or selection you plan to read

c) (for students, alumni, community members) the faculty member with whom you've spoken

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