<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-g-group gmail-l-lg-mar-bot-6 gmail-l-md-mar-bot-4" style="margin:0px 0px 30px;padding:0px;font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-g-cell gmail-g-cell-10-12 gmail-g-cell-md-1-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 15px;width:560px;box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;vertical-align:top;line-height:1.25rem"><div class="gmail-has-user-generated-content" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-text-body-medium" style="color:rgb(57,54,79);margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.25rem"><span style="padding-top:0px"><b style="letter-spacing:0.5px"><span style="font-size:14.9333px"><br></span></b></span></div><div class="gmail-text-body-medium" style="color:rgb(57,54,79);margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.25rem"><span style="padding-top:0px"><font size="4"><b style="letter-spacing:0.5px">In  honor of National Poetry Month join in to </b><span style="letter-spacing:0.5px"><b style=""> explore the stories of the 1619 project through the prism of poetry.</b></span></font></span></div><div class="gmail-text-body-medium" style="color:rgb(57,54,79);margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.25rem"><span style="padding-top:0px"><span style="font-size:large;letter-spacing:0.5px"><b style=""><br></b></span></span></div><div class="gmail-text-body-medium" style="color:rgb(57,54,79);margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.25rem"><span style="padding-top:0px"><span style="font-size:large;letter-spacing:0.5px"><b style="">Tuesday April 26 at 7pm via Zoom</b></span></span></div><div class="gmail-text-body-medium" style="color:rgb(57,54,79);margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.25rem"><span style="padding-top:0px"><span style="color:rgb(111,114,135);font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px"><br></span></span></div><div class="gmail-text-body-medium" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.25rem"><font color="#000000"><span style="padding-top:0px"><span style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px">I</span><span style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px">n August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the source of so much that still defines the United States.</span></span><span style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px">In August 2019 The New York Times Magazine’s award-winning </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;padding-top:0px">“1619 Project”</a><span style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px"> issue reframed our understanding of American history by placing slavery and its continuing legacy at the center of our national narrative. </span><span style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px">At this event we'll explore the beautiful and </span>though<span style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px"> provoking poetry included in that issue. </span><span style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px">This event is free with an option to make a donation to the important</span><span style="font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px"> work of</span><a href="https://www.chagrinarts.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="background-color:transparent;font-size:16px;letter-spacing:0.5px;text-decoration-line:none;padding-top:0px"> Chagrin Arts</a>.</font></div><div class="gmail-text-body-medium" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.25rem"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail-text-body-medium" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.25rem"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-poetry-of-the-1619-project-tickets-306067705747" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">Register Here</font></a></div></div></div></div></div><div>-<br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table style="direction:ltr;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="height:12px;line-height:0"></td></tr><tr><td><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15;padding-bottom:10px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:16px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:65px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="vertical-align:top;padding-top:16px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:65px"><tbody><tr><td align="center"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td valign="top" style="vertical-align:top;line-height:0"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="line-height:1.2"><tbody><tr><td valign="top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