Event Lectures and Symposia Joy Harjo at the American Indian Community Housing Organization

Date and Location

  • When: Monday, October 18, 2021

    8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT

  • More information at zoom.us External.

  • Where: Online Only via Minnesota Center for the Book

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo visits Minnesota to talk with students and the local community in partnership with the Minnesota Center for the Book.

This event is part of a series with Center for the Book Affiliates across the country, featuring Library of Congress honorees.

AGENDA

  • Welcome by Stephanie Hammitt (Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College President) and Ivy Vainio (American Indian Community Housing Organization’s Cultural Arts Coordinator)
  • Cultural Blessing: Roxanne DeLille
  • Honor Song
  • Statement: Alayne Hopkins (Minnesota Center for the Book)
  • Introduction of Joy Harjo: Linda LeGarde Grover (Anishinaabe author)
  • Presentation by Joy Harjo
  • Visual Presentation of Gifts