Episode 5 of our Western Friend Podcast brings you the poetic keynotes that Gabriela Portillo Alvarado and Avotcja Jitonilro presented at the Pacific Yearly Meeting annual session on July 24, 2021.
Click here to read of transcript of Gabriella's keynote.
Click here to read a transcript of Avotcja's keynote.
Click here to listen to the complete podcast.
Or first try listening to the "sound bite" below.
The “chapters” in this podcast are:
0:00 Introduction
1:12 Background on Gabriela Portillo Alvarado
1:29 Gabriela on Writing Poetry
2:31 Poem: Estoy furiosa
3:14 Poem: It pains me
4:42 Poem: The Morton Collection
12:56 Poem: Worship on a mass grave
15:55 Poem: A form of justice
21:38 Poem: A map is a proposition
25:42 Poem: So you let it slip away
31:22 Background on Avotcja Jiltonilro
33:10 Poem: Still paying the price
39:13 Poem: Duro como una piedra
42:14 Poem: Solid as a rock
46:11 Poem: In the silence
52:58 Poem: Children of the night/ Pa los chiquititos de la noche
57:19 Poem: I know we can
1:02:44 Poem: Never alone
1:05:37 The Remix with Jon and colin
1:19:11 Outro