Panel: Poetry, Performance, Resistance

Spoken word is poetry unbound—a fusion of voice, rhythm, and presence that insists on being heard. This session brings together performance poets who use their craft as both art and activism, challenging silence with lyric fire and embodying stories of struggle, defiance, and survival. Through performance and conversation, they show how the stage becomes a battleground for identity, protest, and solidarity.

Speakers: Bernice Chauly, Shivram Gopinath, paul catafago
Moderator/Host: Dipika Mukherjee