91ÊÓƵ's Master of Fine Arts in Writing presents the next session of the Mapmakers Alumni Institute, "Global Perspective," bringing together writers and in conversation on the . Marginalized communities across the globe are acutely experiencing, without reprieve, the devastating effects of a rapidly changing landscape caused by climate change.
In this live webinar, organized and hosted by Mapmakers Alumna Rhony Bhopla MFA '22, these writers will share what they witness and their process of writing about the complicated relationship between civilization and the non-human natural world. While shortages of clean air and water, healthful food, as well as safe living conditions are contributing to morbidity and mortality, the next installment of the Mapmakers Alumni Institute is poised to bring forward these writers’ urgent messages and invocations, and hopes to inspire a writing movement.
The Kwame Dawes Mapmakers Scholarship fund is named after Mapmaker, an early collection of his poems. Dawes has been a leader in the program’s mission to diversify the writers we serve and create equity. In helping us name the scholarship, he said, “The title characterizes what I think of myself as both a writer and as an advocate for the work of others and as someone who tries to open new territories for those who have not had access.â€
First offered in January 2018, this scholarship is awarded to exceptional students of color.