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drew dellinger
Drew Dellinger is a spoken word poet, professor, activist, and founder of Poets for Global Justice. He has inspired minds and hearts at hundreds of events in many countries, performing poetry and keynoting on justice, ecology, cosmology, activism, democracy and compassion.
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upcoming events
- Jul 09: Living the New Story: Cosmology, Justice, Poetry and the Planet
- May 01: Day-long Class at Royal Roads University
- Mar 25: Drew's Tour of Canada -- March 25-30, 2010
- Dec 06: Speech at the Parliament of the World's Religions
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(Statement by a Member of Congress to former Vice President Al Gore, during Gore's testimony at Congressional climate change hearings, April 24, 2009.)
"I want to relate to your struggle a few moments ago to come up with the right words to define this moment. Because we're all talking and asking questions based on the concerns that our current constituents raise with us about this measure. And I wonder, what if the future generations had a voice? And if people living in our districts in 2080, or 2090, could speak to us now, what would they be saying? I'll give you one piece of poetry, actually, that I think brings it up pretty well, by a fellow named Drew Dellinger. He says,
'it's 3:23 in the morning/
and I'm awake/
because my great great grandchildren/
won't let me sleep/
my great great grandchildren/
ask me in dreams/
what did you do while the planet was plundered?/
what did you do when the earth was unraveling?'"
- Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin
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.jpg "Drew at the Whidbey Institute, delivering the Thomas Berry Legacy lecture, October 2008")
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