Audre Lorde In Her Own Words

Teaching at Hunter College during these 17 years, Lorde continued her prodigious literary output. A self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” Audre Lorde dedicated her life and her creativity to confronting and addressing the inequities of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia. She wrote: “What we must do is commit ourselves to some future that can include each other and to work toward that future with the particular strengths of our individual identities. And in order for us to do this, we must allow each other our differences at the same time as we recognize our sameness.”

As part of the Muesum’s In the Spirit of Tara Program , we are pleased to collaborate with SI OutLOUD which resents readings that highlight the rich diversity and shared history of our Island ’s communities. These gatherings are held in parks, libraries, schools, historic houses, museums, galleries, churches, synagogues, temples, and mosques, serving well over 25,0000 participants in 21 languages throughout Staten Island

Presenter

Beth. Gorrie , born in St. Paul , Minnesota, has lived on Staten Island for over thirty years. A graduate of Columbia University Law School and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As an actor during the first six years of her working life, she performed in films that were screened at the Whitney Museum , the Centre Pompidou in Paris , and other European venues. She taught and directed at the University of Chicago, and has appeared with the Chicago Theatre of the Deaf, and in Off-Off Broadway productions under the direction of Amiri Baraka. She currently maintains an active volunteer schedule