"Alone Together With Words That Heal"

Recorded live on Zoom at the historic Barn House on September 26, 2020, Alone Together With Words that Heal at the Clemmons Family Farm was an interactive community-building arts and culture program featuring an audience check-in poll to find out how participants were feeling that day, a fascinating talk by poet and scholar Keenan Norris. The program also included the live storytelling of Mrs. Lydia Clemmons Senior, and featured artists Omega Jade (hip hop) and Harmony Edosomwan (poet).  Alone Together With Words That Heal was produced by the Clemmons Family Farm, directed by Pamela Donohoo, and hosted by Dr. Lydia Clemmons (daughter of Lydia and Jackson Clemmons). Duration: 1 hours, 07 minutes.  (Note: To honor the intimate and confidential setting of small-group writing, the breakout rooms in which participants created poetry, hip hop and creative writing with each artist were not recorded. We have only shared the prompts used by each artist.)
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​The program overview and speaker bios are presented just below the video.  

Digital flyer, brochure and video thumbnail artwork by Kia'Rae Hanron. Doodle video by Lydia Clemmons.

Farm. Art. Heritage.
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​Alone Together With Words That Heal at the Clemmons Family Farm was made possible with the generous donations of several Vermont businesses.

Learn more about Great Grandma Margie!
​Listen to the story, How Great Grandma Margie Ran Away. Twice, here.

The Clemmons Family Farm is an African-American led 501c3 nonprofit arts and culture organization whose mission is to conserve and preserve the 148-acre physical farm, which is one of the 0.4% of the farms in the US that are African-American owned;  to mobilize, lift up and support Vermont's African-American and African diaspora artists; and to build a loving and supportive community around African-American history, and the arts and cultures of the African diaspora.  Your donations are tax-deductible and help us to offer excellent programs like these free to the public.