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Lillian Allen

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Read more: Repeating Refrains at Regent Park: Lillian Allen’s Riddim Lines by Luis Jacob 
Lillian Allen, who grew up in Jamaica, moved with her family as a teenager, studying in New York and Toronto. Founder of the Toronto International Dub Poetry Festival and a variety of cultural organizations, such as Fresh Arts that empower youth, Allen has spent over four decades writing, publishing, performing and doing workshop presentations to audiences around the globe.
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A recognized cultural advocate and educator on issues of diversity, equity, cross cultural collaborations, and the power of art, she has worked, locally, nationally and internationally. Her insightful and inspiring lectures and performances have taken her as far as Jamaica and Switzerland. She has also held the post of distinguished Writer-in-Residence at  Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario and the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.

In 1990, Lillian Allen participated in
Siting Resistance, an Embassy Cultural House multi-disciplinary program coordinated by Ron Benner. Siting Resistance was hosted at both the ECH gallery space and throughout the Embassy Hotel, as well as various other locations including the Forest City Gallery, Museum London and the Cross Cultural Learner Centre. An afternoon poetry event on Sunday Sept. 9, 1990, which included Lillian Allen, jamila ismail (Vancouver/Hong Kong) and Lee Maracle (Salish/Cree, 1950-2021), was organized by Jamelie Hassan. For more information, please visit Allen's website here. 
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An excerpt from the London Free Press column, “What’s Happening This Weekend” featuring Lillian Allen and The Revolutionary Tea Party at The Embassy Hotel for "Siting Resistance" programmed by Ron Benner. The paper is dated Friday, September 7, 1990.

Works by Lillian Allen



EDITORIAL TEAM

ONLINE FOUNDER
Tariq Hassan Gordon

COFOUNDERS & CURATORIAL ADVISORS 
 
Jamelie Hassan 
& Ron Benner

ADVISORY CIRCLE
Samer Abdelnour, Marnie Fleming, Wyn Geleynse, Fern Helfand, S F Ho, Lorraine Klaasen, Judith Rodger, Ruth Skinner, Mary Lou and Dan Smoke,  and Lucas Stenning 

COORDINATING EDITORS
Tariq Hassan Gordon & 
Olivia Mossuto

WEB DESIGN & SOCIAL MEDIA 
Tariq Hassan Gordon, Ira Kazi, Olivia Mossuto, Niloufar Salimi,  JoAnna Weil 

VIRTUAL TOUR
Andreas Buchwaldt

PRINT PUBLICATIONS
Blessy Augustine, Shelley Kopp, 
Olivia Mossuto

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Andreas Buchwaldt, Blessy Augustine, Anahí González, Ira Kazi, ​Shelley Kopp, Ashar Mobeen, Niloufar Salimi,  Jenna Rose Sands, JoAnna Weil & Michelle Wilson. 

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OUR STORY
Artists Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner and jazz musician Eric Stach founded the Embassy Cultural House (1983-1990) located in the restaurant portion of the Embassy Hotel at 732 Dundas Street in East London. Other former members of the board were: Debrann Eastabrook, Henry Eastabrook, Sharron Forrest, Wyn Geleynse, Janice Gurney, Jean Hay (1929 - 2008), Doug Mitchell, Kim Moodie, Gerard Pas, Peter Rist, Wanda Sawicki, Jean Spence and Jennie White. In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Embassy Cultural House was re-envisioned as a virtual artist-run space and website. 

This project is supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the London Arts Council through the City of London's Community Arts Investment Program.
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