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Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, room N101 at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center

Exploring work from her solo multimedia exhibitions featuring multi-sensory poetic installations and her forthcoming new book, I HOPE THIS HELPS (Nightboat Books, Spring 2025), Samiya Bashir will read, perform, and screen selections of the work and engage in dialogue about the pursuit of a restorative poetics which, through both process and product, might open up new paths from isolation toward revivification and healing. Drawing on her vast background as an organizer, award-winning artist and poet, scholar and teacher, and a student of June Jordan’s, Bashir will bring together shared experiences of upheaval, displacement, and the relentless pursuit of hope amidst uncertainty.