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Wednesday, October 28, 2026

What Now? An Evening of Joyful Abundance by Octavia McBride-Ahebee

 


Do use link in below to RSVP ! What Now? Here We Are.
What now, after the choral presentation of my work commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence? The question remains urgent: Here we are, here we are and who are we?
In a time of ICE detentions of our neighbors, government neglect of vulnerable nations facing crises like Ebola, the abandonment of working people at home, the abandonment of unhoused community members, poetry and conversation are not luxuries. They are acts of witness and resistance.
Join me and fellow poets, collaborative musicians/composers brought together through the Joyful Abundance Project, an initiative of the Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia, for a poetry reading and discussion.
My work will still continue to ask the hard questions and insist on a more compassionate world.
Come be a part of the conversation. What now? We begin here, together. RSVP here: Celia Bookshop


* Click the link to hear the impeccable Mendelssohn Chorus of Philadelphia perform works by the five poets commissioned for its Joyful Abundance initiative.