Tariq Touré debuts his new poem "The Broken Butterfly" at #RiseBmore2017. Image courtesy of Dr. Lawrence Brown; map by Carol Ott of Housing Policy Watch.

"Baltimore pioneered structural housing segregation along racial lines for the entire country. We were the first to institute the policies to make containment in districts a reality. These political decisions to push Black people into certain underserved and abused neighborhoods still find a home in the city's landscape today. Because resources continue to funnel into historically well-to-do areas, Baltimore has literally become a butterfly. Clusters of neighborhoods in East and West Baltimore sit as underprivileged wings on the sides of a "White L" that represent the most cherished and abundant districts." -Tariq Touré

Recording engineer: Edwin Huet

The Broken Butterfly (Tariq Touré)

#RiseBmore2017 conversation about art and activism with writers of color in Baltimore, featuring Sharea Harris, LOVE the Poet, and Hannah Sawyerr, moderated by Brittani McNeill.

Sharea Harris: www.shareaharris.com
LOVE the Poet: www.lovethepoet.strikingly.com
Hannah Sawyerr: www.poetryandpower.org/hannah-sawyerr.html

Recording Engineer: Edwin Huet

Writing in the Margins of Baltimore (Sharea Harris, LOVE the Poet, Brittani McNeill, Hannah Sawyerr)

Remarks by Pastor Laura James of Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church at #RiseBmore2016, 17 months before the statue of Justice Roger B. Taney. 

Recording Engineers: Alex King, Bill Racine

On Transformation (Pastor Laura James)

Poem premiered by Tariq Touré (tariqtouré.com) at Rise Bmore on 4.19.2016. Re-recorded by the poet in April 2020. Mural by Baltimore street artist Nether.

Full text in Baltimore Sun: bit.ly//april27_tariqtoure

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