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When I Learned of Kalief Browder

from From Liberty and Fragrant Harbors by Rebekah Driscoll

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We the people
sent a teenage boy to prison.
There was never any trial.

We isolated and abused him
as he waited to be heard,
three years.

We wrongfully took his life—
we the people of the city of New York!
When will we stop taking
the lives of our sons?

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from From Liberty and Fragrant Harbors, released April 22, 2016
GHOSTLIGHT Chorus
Conducted by Evelyn Troester DeGraf

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Rebekah Driscoll Brooklyn, New York

Rebekah Driscoll is a composer specializing in music for unusual combinations of instruments and voices. She often writes poetry for her vocal works or constructs a text from diverse and sometimes multilingual sources. Her current projects address social issues, such as inequality and environmental stewardship, from a perspective that is both thoroughly researched and intensely personal. ... more

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