In March: We are Heroines!

In March: We are Heroines!
Santo Domingo, February 4, 2014

Under the slogan WE ARE HEROINES! a recital will take place on Saturday, March 1st, 2014 at 4:00 pm at the lNDOTEL Telecommunications Cultural Center (CCT) in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The recital will mark the opening of the events of the 4th Woman Scream International Poetry Festival. This is a special tribute by Movimiento Mujeres Poetas Internacional MPI, Inc (Women Poets Movement International, Inc), to the heroines of our country in all areas, who have built the Dominican nation with their effort.

The recital will showcase more than twenty national and international intergenerational poetry voices alongside various theater, visual arts, music, and dance artists. Together, they will honor heroines such as: Salomé Ureña, María Trinidad Sánchez, Concepción Bona, La Mujeres del 16, Emma Tavárez Justo, Piki Lora, Aniana Vargas, Juana Saltitopa, Rosa Duarte, Ercilia Pepín, Baltazar de los Reyes, Mamá Tingó, the Mirabal sisters, Aida Cartagena Portalatín, Dr. Evangelina Rodríguez, among others. As masters of ceremonies, the gala will include leading actress Yanela Hernández and Dr. Eduardo Gautreau de Windt renowned cultural manager. They will represent the importance of the bond between the sexes in the effort to educate towards a life without violence. The opening remarks will be offered by writer Noé Zayas on behalf of CCT and of Jael Uribe, Founding President of MPI. The participating female poets from Mexico, Cuba, Russia, Puerto Rico, United States, Nicaragua and Dominican Republic will add their voices to the scream. There will be an innovation, the integration of a special section with male poets, who will be responsible for carrying the message: “A nosotros también nos importa esta causa” (We too care about this cause).

The event has the support of the CCT, La Tertulia Poética Eduardo Gautreau de Windt, La Fundación Literaria Aníbal Montaño, Inc., and the Ministry of Culture, among other initiatives and corporate sponsors who have joined the cause. 36 countries participate in the 2014 Woman Scream Festival, with a string of more than 100 simultaneous events taking place throughout the month of March, thanks to the Dominican initiative born almost 4 years ago. The event is suitable for all ages, and the admission will be free.

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