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    For Earth Day, join a reading and discussion with US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo.

    Corinne Segal
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    April 22, 2020, 10:40am

    Whether or not you live in a place where you can safely be outside for Earth Day, you can celebrate it with US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, who will hold a live-streamed reading and discussion tonight at 8:30 pm ET.

    Hosted by UC Berkeley’s Arts Research Center, Harjo will read some of her work and engage in a discussion with Beth Piatote, writer and associate professor of Native American Studies at UC Berkeley.

    “Every day is Earth Day. We are the earth,” Harjo said in a video posted last week by Southwest Roots Music. “We don’t own the earth, we’re essentially a part of the inherent structure of the earth, and our presence can either help or hinder or even destroy.”

    Watch the event here.

    Arts Research Center Earth Day Joy Harjo UC Berkeley

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