Staceyann Chin in person

How do you raise a child when your own mother abandoned you? In a remarkable story of healing and forgiveness, Jamaican American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin, renowned for performances in Def Poetry Slam and hit solo shows like MotherStruck!, radically re-imagines the essential art of mothering. In seeking her elusive mother — a trail that leads to Brooklyn, Montreal, Cologne and, finally, Jamaica — Staceyann and her daughter forge a new sense of home.

Co-sponsored by Africana and Latin American Studies,  Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Office of Diversity and Equity, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University Studies, Ciccone Commons