the Chicano Movement, the American Indian Movement. This project evolved into VOICES: Poetry for the People, Where the Land Is Free, and the Maroon Poetry Festival. In 2019, VOICES partnered with Exchange for Change, a nonprofit that offers classes on a variety of topics at several Florida prisons, to hold poetry workshops for incarcerated writers. Work in Palestine Flashmob in Nazareth In 2015, Monet joined a flashmob in Nazareth organized by the Dream Defenders delegation to Palestine. The demonstration was coordinated by Patrisse Cullors co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter. During the gathering, Monet speaks, "We sit in a sea of settlements / While the sound of suffering / Sails lost in the listening / As the voices of heartache hail / The power of presence / People as portals / Passports to heaven / Here is a protest in the form of a prayer." The flashmob video's caption explains, "a historic trip to Palestine, freedom fighters from Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, New York, Ferguson, and Atlanta were able to witness firsthand the effects of Israeli apartheid and occupation, and to learn from the people who are actively resisting on the front lines. In Nazareth, the delegates decided to do a solidarity demonstration as a call for support of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign that was called for by Palestinian civil society in 2005." Together, the group danced the dabke, sang Sweet Honey in the Rock's "Ella's Song", and chanted "I believe that we will win!". The action was filmed and edited by Thorstein Thielow. The action occurred only months after the Ferguson uprising. Commentary on Palestine In 2017, Monet read "Apologies to All The People in Lebanon" by June Jordan, dedicated to the 600,000 Palestinian men, children, and women who lived in Lebanon from 1948 to 1943, on the Laura Flanders Show. About the piece, Monet stated, “Jordan begs us to trust one another and to tell the truth, to read the world more closely, to learn the wisdom of those who came before, who resisted before, and loved before." On September 18, 2017, Monet spoke at Verso Books on Adalah-NY's and Jewish Voice for Peace’s Free (Speech) Palestine panel. Monet spoke about common tone-policing and judgement towards the Palestinian people for their tactics of resisting oppression. She said, "We met with some Palestinian activists in Ramallah but one of the things the sister said was, ‘…if at some point,