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'Dear Ukraine' Exhibit Installed at the Washington National Cathedral 

The "Dear Ukraine" global community poem, an interactive website created by 91ֿ’s Wick Poetry Center, has encouraged people of all ages around the world to share their voices, inspired by a model poem written by Ukrainian-American poet Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach. 

In a new partnership, the "" exhibit was recently installed on the walls of the  at the Washington National Cathedral in recognition of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

This partnership with the is the first of its kind for the Wick Poetry Center and 91ֿ. The installation offers visitors an opportunity to view poems from around the world on the chapel walls and to share their voice in response to the unfolding atrocities of the war against Ukraine and its people. 

Dear Ukraine global community poem exhibit installed at Washington National Cathedral

“The Wick Poetry Center is committed to advocacy through the arts,” said David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center. “We are honored to offer this platform to facilitate a global conversation and to amplify the voices of those who stand with Ukraine and with displaced people all over the world.” 

Read more about the "Dear Ukraine" installation at the Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage

Read more about the Wick Poetry Center

 

POSTED: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 12:47 PM
Updated: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 02:13 PM
WRITTEN BY:
April McClellan-Copeland