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(Applause and cheers) At Sarah Lawrence College, I worked with artists to respond to Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake; I discovered the impact of poetry and the ability to not just articulate our feelings, but to get us to work towards changing things and doing something about it, when a friend, Maytha Alhassen, invited me to Palestine ... PA: We were a delegation of artists and organizers, and we immersed ourselves in Palestinian culture, music, their stories.