“You have to do more than litigate and protest [to get change],” she says. “As my friend Sr. Jean Clarke says, you have to have a shift in consciousness, your own first, and then through ripples to the broader community. The arts are one way to change people’s consciousness.”
Charlotte will be honored by CARECEN on Nov. 16. For ticket information, contact CARECEN at 516-489-8330 Monday through Thursday.
Here are two poems by Charlotte, “An Immigrant Child” and “A Howl in the Night.” via Our Blog : For Suffolk Poet and Activist, a Career Devoted to Demystifying “The Other” Through Arts : Long Island Wins.
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