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ICOA’s “Voices of Freedom” Featured Exiled Burmese Writer Khet Mar
This year Ithaca City of Asylum’s “Voices of Freedom” event, held annually to observe Banned books/Freedom to Read Week, featured exiled Burmese writer and activist Khet Mar. The program was co-sponsored and hosted by the Tompkins County Public Library. Khet…
Read MoreICOA Elects New Officers, 2011-2012
Ithaca City of Asylum (ICOA) board of directors has elected new officers for 2011-2012. ICOA is a community organization that provides sanctuary to writers whose works are suppressed, whose lives are threatened, whose cultures are vanishing, or whose languages are…
Read MoreCommemorating Ten Years of Giving Voice to Freedom
On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, Ithaca City of Asylum (ICOA) has published the brochure Ithaca City of Asylum: Celebrating Ten Years of Giving Voice to Freedom. The brochure is a retrospective of ICOA’s work supporting writers who face…
Read MoreITHACA CITY OF ASYLUM CELEBRATION: NOVEMBER 6TH, 2010
10-year Anniversary of Defending the Freedom to Write In celebration of 10 years of providing a safe haven to oppressed writers, Ithaca City of Asylum (ICOA) sponsored a marathon reading, Voices of Freedom, featuring many of the community’s talented authors….
Read MoreIrakli Kakabadze Reads at Tompkins County Library
Celebrate the Freedom to Read with a spirited and inspiring presentation and performance by Cornell University Writer in Residence and Visiting Professor Irakli Kakabadze. Kakabadze, a writer, peace studies scholar and activist, and his wife, Anna Dolidze, now a research…
Read MoreICOA Celebrates Irakli Kakabadze’s Classroom Teaching In April 7 Event
During his residency, Irakli Kakabadze has led a seminar in the Cornell University Peace Studies Program teaching students to use literature to create positive solutions for society. In one such class, the students took Kakabadze’s tragedy, Candidate Jokola (which has…
Read MoreIrakli Kakabadze Receives 2009 Oxfam Novib/PEN Award
On November 18, ICOA writer in residence Irakli Kakabadze received the Oxfam Novib/PEN Award, which is awarded annually to writers who have been forced to flee their home countries. Also receiving awards were Maziar Bahari (Iran), Daniel Coronell (Colombia), Chi…
Read MoreYi Ping Publishes Poem in Sampsonia Way
The premier issue of Sampsonia Way, called “Tiananmen Revisited,” published by Pittsburgh City of Asylum, includes a new poem by Yi Ping, ICOA’s first resident writer. To read the bilingual text, translated by Michelle Yeh, click here.
Read MoreICOA at the Ithaca Alternative Gift Fair
ICOA has been selected to participate in this year’s Alternative Gift Fair, an annual event that offers Ithacans a wide array of holiday presents in the form of charitable donations. The Alternative Gift Fair showcases over 55 organizations, with gifts…
Read MoreIrakli Kakabadze to Perform September 26th, 2009 at “Voices of Freedom”
“Voices of Freedom” is the annual highlight of community events planned by Ithaca City of Asylum. This year’s program features ICOA resident Irakli Kakabadze. The following press release is available for download. Russia’s attack on the Republic of Georgia, the…
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