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Em Dial

@em__dial

poet - grower - educator

Joined August 2020
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#Montreal Sat Oct 29/7PM #JoinUs PEN Canada, The Atwater Poetry Project & @OfficialQWF celebrate an evening of creative writing by some of Canada's most original new voices, w @derajagopalan @isabellawangbc @FarehMalikPoet @em__dial facebook.com/events/58456768…
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#Toronto Thurs Oct 27th at 7PM Join PEN Canada and @AnotherStoryTO as we celebrate RBC PEN Canada New Voices Award winners @FarehMalikPoet (2022), @derajagopalan (2021) & @em__dial (2020) live-reading with special guest writer @isabellawangbc #JoinUs anotherstory.ca/events/20207
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We’re excited to share that in tomorrow’s video, Em Dial (@em__dial) will be returning to read “Meditations in an Emergency” by @cawkward_rich. Keep an eye out for it!
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Mysterious Deaths in Custody: On Feb 23, 2022 we were made aware of reports of deaths happening at Maplehurst CC - 4 people have died in the past 3 weeks & over 11 people have died in the past 4 months. Read the full statement & sign the email zap: torontoprisonersrightsprojec…
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As part of our Poetry Coalition programming, we’ll host Poetics of Disability Justice with @em_dial and Laurel Chen on 3/12! This free workshop will include ASL interpretation and live captioning services. There is limited enrollment. More info here: kundiman.org/disability-poet…
Graphic with pastel pink, blue, purple border features circular headshots of Em Dial and Laurel Chen, the workshop instructors. Graphic text reads: Poetics of Disability Justice, a free virtual workshop featuring Em Dial and Laurel Chen. Open to all writers of color with priority for Disabled, mad, crip, sick, and/or ill folks. With ASL Interpretation from Pro Bono ASL and Live Captioning from SignNexus. Limited Enrollment. Saturday, March 12th, 2:00–3:30 PM ET. Features logos from the Poetry Coalition and Kundiman. Funder language in the bottom left reads: This program was made posible in part with funds from the Academy of American Poets provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Workshop link: kundiman.org/disability-poetics.

ALT Graphic with pastel pink, blue, purple border features circular headshots of Em Dial and Laurel Chen, the workshop instructors. Graphic text reads: Poetics of Disability Justice, a free virtual workshop featuring Em Dial and Laurel Chen. Open to all writers of color with priority for Disabled, mad, crip, sick, and/or ill folks. With ASL Interpretation from Pro Bono ASL and Live Captioning from SignNexus. Limited Enrollment. Saturday, March 12th, 2:00–3:30 PM ET. Features logos from the Poetry Coalition and Kundiman. Funder language in the bottom left reads: This program was made posible in part with funds from the Academy of American Poets provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Workshop link: kundiman.org/disability-poetics.

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We are again filled with grief and rage. Another migrant farmworker has died. He tested positive, was placed in quarantine, and "found unresponsive". He came here to grow your tomatoes. Was he checked up on? Did he get to say goodbye? We don't know. @JustinTrudeau 1/3
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Set aside a few minutes of your morning tomorrow to hear a poem! Em Dial (@em__dial) will be reading their poem "Narwhal Talk.”
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A resident was beaten by @TorontoPolice for defending the Lamport Encampment has been taken to 14 Division. Come down and join us in calling for their release!!
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“I stopped eating so that I could afford to open the shop.” The owner of Gaza’s largest bookstore, Shaban Aslim, stands in front of the rubble of his bookstore which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike.

Gaza’s largest bookstore destroyed by Israeli airstrike

“I stopped eating so that I could afford to open the shop.” The owner of Gaza’s largest bookstore, Shaban Aslim, stands in front of the rubble of his bookstore which was destroyed by Israel.

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Our intergenerational reading is just one week away! 🌈🎙️✨ Here are some of our fabulous readers: @natashatansey7, @em__dial, and @mkchavez! Register here and check out this thread to learn more about our readers! Hope to see you on 05/20 at @6PM PT! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Just receiving word that two #farmworkers have died in two separate workplaces #Ontario
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“Still I lust, the way a pond lusts for a ripple, the way still lusts for a disturbance” @em__dial reading for @treeseries
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Join us this Sunday at 9AM AZ time for the Southwest Literary Journal Showcase! Issue 77 contributors @em__dial, @bloodandGauraa, and Harrison Candelaria Fletcher will be reading. (Event link: tinyurl.com/swlitmags) @noazbookfest @ThinAirMagazine
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When Asian and Asian American women tell you their lives (and our movement) depend on understanding and fighting against the deep American history of criminalizing Asian sex workers, believe them.
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Yesterday, Justice Karen Murphy decided she was offended by the community’s silent show of support during a PUBLIC Zoom court proceeding She then kicked out 50+ observers who came in support of protestors who are being targeted & criminalized for resisting Peel police violence 🧵
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Join us on Monday, March 1 for *two* phone & email zaps to demand the city drop legal action against Toronto Tiny Shelters. Take 1 hour to make a big impact. Housing for all, tiny shelters save lives! Register: 12pm noon: tinyurl.com/SURJ-ESN-Zap-Mar… 6pm: tinyurl.com/SURJ-ESN-Zap-Mar…
On a black background, there are hand-drawn images with a phone receiver with a happy face on it in one corner, and a winking, smiling envelope with a notification of one message icon in the other corner. The text in the centre of the graphic reads: Join SURJ Toronto + Encampment Support Network for two phone & email zaps. Demand the City drop legal action against Toronto Tiny Shelters. Support Encampment Residents! Monday March 1st, 12pm and 6pm. Register Now!

ALT On a black background, there are hand-drawn images with a phone receiver with a happy face on it in one corner, and a winking, smiling envelope with a notification of one message icon in the other corner. The text in the centre of the graphic reads: Join SURJ Toronto + Encampment Support Network for two phone & email zaps. Demand the City drop legal action against Toronto Tiny Shelters. Support Encampment Residents! Monday March 1st, 12pm and 6pm. Register Now!

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Black TFPC members recently shared a letter outlining concerns about feeling tokenized and overlooked and suggesting clear next steps. We’re now posting this letter publicly to hold the TFPC accountable as it works to change its approach. Full text here: bit.ly/2Pbo5Ht
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Food insecurity amoung students is too often normalized. Join the TYFPC and @letstalkfooduoft on March 3rd from 6-7:30 EST for a discussion about student food activism across the Toronto region! Register here: eventbrite.com/o/32618062261…
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In solidarity with #migrantworkers at #CerviniFarms @LakesidePro respect worker #healthandsafety #noreprisals @MonteMcNaughton where are your inspectors? harvestingfreedom.org/2021/0… @j4mw @WDLCWindsor @TarasNatyshak @PercyHatfield @OFLabour
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