Festival of Hope 2 / 17 February 2021

SOS Mauritius - Poetry ICU

Festival of Hope 2

The event was curated by the Mauritian poet and activist Tania Haberland, now living in Italy, that connected Italy and Mauritius gathering contributions by poets, artists and activists from Mauritius and Italy to inform, sensitize and collect funds for the ecological crises currently occurring on this small island, caused by the Wakashio Oil Spill in the ocean of Mauritius on 25th July. 

Contribution by poets, movement artists, activists, musicians, videomakers.

Author

Mille Gru/ PoesiaPresente

Mille Gru is a cultural association and publisher based in Monza (Milano, Italy) that since 2007 runs a project about contemporary poetry called PoesiaPresente (festivals, poetry events and workshops, poetry school) and projects about poetry therapy.