Workshops w/ Brenda Shaughnessy + FANG Collective

As part of the Brew & Forge Lecture Series, Brenda Shaughnessy and the FANG Collective will teach workshops on poetry, activism, and environmental justice. All workshops take place in the Matt Cole Reading Room in the Center for Environmental Studies.

11:30 am: Introduction to Nonviolent Direct Action, with the FANG Collective.

1:10 pm: Poetry Writing Workshop with Brenda Shaughnessy.

Lunch will be provided for the 11:30 workshop. Please note that FANG’s workshop is open to students only. RSVP at https://forms.gle/tWf5XC7Unpc7PHqZA, or send questions to fc3@williams.edu.

Brenda Shaughnessy is a former Guggenheim Fellow, the author of five books, and an associate professor of English at Rutgers University, Newark. Her most recent book, The Octopus Museum (Knopf 2019) is a collection of feminist poems imagining what comes after our current age of environmental destruction, racism, sexism, and divisive politics.

Founded in 2013, the FANG Collective leads direct action campaigns for environmental justice, working across issues and in collaboration with racial, gender, and economic justice movements. With members across New England, FANG is currently leading a number of campaigns to fight construction of fossil fuel production facilities and oil pipelines.

This event is presented by the English Department, with co-sponsors including the Lecture Committee, the W. Ford Schumann ’50 Program in Democratic Studies, WGSS, American Studies, the Zilkha Center, and the Center for Environmental Studies.