Coe College Poetry Recital featuring Héctor Efrén Flores
. Please Note --> This is a Past Event!! .
Date:
2/22/2016
Time:
6:30 PM TO 7:30 PM
1220 First Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Phone:
319-399-8581
Event Description:
Héctor Efrén Flores or "Chaco de la Pitoreta" is an activist, poet, writer and lawyer from Honduras who will be speaking on Monday, Feb. 22, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Kesler Lecture Hall in Hickok Hall on the Coe College campus. Chaco works at Fe y Alegría, a Jesuit organization that specializes in the area of popular education and social promotion, believes in dignity and justice, and makes a preferential option for the poor.
Chaco is regionally known as a poet and member of a group of "artists in resistance" who use art and creativity to challenge corruption and violence in Honduras. He leads weekly marches in his hometown of El Progreso, and on weekends he joins an artist collective that reclaims public space from the violence by reading poetry and playing music in parks.
Directions:
Coe College Kesler Lecture Hall in Hickok Hall
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