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Homegoings

Rajnii Eddins: If poems could march in the streets

By Myra Flynn,
Mike Dunn, James Stewart
Published July 6, 2023 at 8:00 PM EDT
Rajnii Eddins

Homegoings features candid conversations about race with artists, experts and everyday folks all over the country.

After speaking with so many prolific and talented artists, host and musician Myra Flynn and Vermont Public staged Homegoings: A Live Performance in February of 2023. Now we're sharing these inspiring performances with you in a five-part video series.

Rajnii Eddins, the fourth artist featured in this series, is a spoken word poet/emcee and teaching artist that has been engaging diverse community audiences for decades. He was the youngest member of the Afrikan American writers Alliance at age 11 and has been actively sharing with youth and communities in Vermont since 2010. His latest books of poetry are In The Coded Language Of This Mortal Tongue and Their Names are Mine.

Originally from Seattle Washington, spoken word poet/emcee and teaching artist Rajnii Eddins has been engaging diverse community audiences for over 27 years.
Photo: Myra Flynn, VPR
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Graphic: Elodie Reed, VPR
Originally from Seattle Washington, spoken word poet/emcee and teaching artist Rajnii Eddins has been engaging diverse community audiences for over 27 years.

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Myra Flynn
Myra Flynn joined Vermont Public in March 2021 and is the DEIB Advisor, Host and Executive Producer of Homegoings. Raised in Vermont, Myra Flynn is an accomplished musician who has come to know the lay of dirt-road land that much more intimately through touring both well-known and obscure stages all around the state and beyond. She also has experience as a teaching artist and wore many hats at the Burlington Free Press, including features reporter and correspondent, before her pursuits took her deep into the arts world. Prior to joining Vermont Public, Myra spent eight years in the Los Angeles music industry.
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Mike Dunn
As a Producer, Mike helps cultivate and develop stories from and about our community for visual presentation. His 20 years of technical experience as a Director and Editor enables him to help deliver our content across multiple platforms to connect our stories to as many folks as possible.
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James Stewart
James Stewart is Vermont Public Classical's afternoon host. As a composer, he is interested in many different genres of music; writing for rock bands, symphony orchestras and everything in between.
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