The Virgin Islands Humanities Council Announces 2008 Literary and Spoken Word Festival
Date: June 3, 2008 | Press Release: #08-004
The Virgin Islands Humanities Council announces its "We The People" initiative for 2008 entitled, "Virgin Islands Voices: A Literary and Spoken Word Festival." In September 2007, NEH awarded the V. I. Humanities Council a grant of $51,280 to support this state project. The project will explore several themes in keeping with the goals of the WTP initiative, which includes self-expression, migration and assimilation.
The event will deepen public awareness and understanding by encouraging expression and its function in the collective advancement of our people. The Virgin Islands Voices: Literary and Spoken Word Festival will be expressed in both the oral and written traditions. The two-day event will include interactive workshops and educational displays, as well as a lecture series event in recognition of prolific V. I. writers abroad, who retained Virgin Islands' memory through their oral and written works. Both events take place on September 19 & 20, 2008.
For further information, please call the Virgin Islands Humanities Council at 776-4044.