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Other Powers: Trauma Survivors Reclaim Joy

Exploring how the creative arts, especially poetry and film, can help women explore trauma, survival and joy

With the Women’s March and start of the national #MeToo movement in 2017, women are increasingly finding their voices as survivors, activists and advocates. This grant project uses poetry to help women — both Cornell students and Ithaca community members — to identify and write about trauma, survival and joy. Working with community partner and filmmaker Sue Perlgut, the team is documenting student and community participation in a workshop, filming their creative output and creating a multimedia presentation to be screened at Cornell and in downtown Ithaca. This grant supports a student and community member who will work together as project coordinators.

Grant category: Other

Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Arts, Communication, Media and Design

The Team

  • Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Department of English

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Community partner:  Sue Perlgut, CloseToHome Productions

In the News

MARCH 1, 2019 
Collaborative venture helps women produce poetry from trauma
– College of Arts & Sciences website


Engaged Opportunity Grants

Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.

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