The Freedwomen’s Bureau invites you to literature + liberation, a liberatory literary gathering to raise voices, spirits and funds for the rebuilding of Haiti, Thurs., July 15 at Harlem’s Shrine World Music Venue.

In his epic poem, “Cahier d’un retour au pays natal” (“Notebook of a Return to My Native Land”), the Martinican poet and freedom fighter Aimé Césaire, refers to Haiti as the place “where négritude stood up for the first time.”

literature + liberation features a staged reading of this masterpiece, performed in French and English.

Proceeds from the event will benefit SOIL Haiti and Seeds for Haiti, two grassroots Haitian organizations working to rebuild the first black republic.

For more info, email cesairemarathon@gmail.com