The WorldBeat Cultural Center
In Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
Presents

International Women’s History Month

Featuring: Audre Lorde Day
Speakers, poetry, spoken word and a film.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Pat Washington

Dr. Washington is a renowned expert lecturer the field of women’s studies.

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About Audre Lorde:

Audre Lorde (1934-1992)- was a poet, lover, mother, and warrior. Her poetry and prose revealed her deepest convictions—love and anger, civil rights and sexuality, family, politics, and nature. Not only was Audre Lorde a writer and an activist, she was an educator who held numerous teaching positions and toured the world as a lecturer. Audre Lorde was a role model for everyone who believes, as she did, that "liberation is not the private province of any one particular group."

Lorde published more than a dozen poetry collections and six books of prose from 1968 to 1993. Her works were reviewed in national publications including The New York Times Book Review. At the center of the movement to preserve and celebrate African American culture, Audre Lorde worked closely with women of color in many countries and was co-founder of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press. In addition, she formed coalitions between Afro-German and Afro-Dutch women, founded a sisterhood in South Africa, and established the St. Croix Women's Coalition In 1979, she addressed the first national march for lesbian and gay liberation in Washington, D.C. In 1992 Lorde lost her battle with breast cancer but she leaves behind a rich and vital legacy.