My poem, “the pattern of vanishing,” has been accepted for publication in America’s Slide Towards Authoritarianism, the IHRAM Publishes 2025 Rapid Response Anthology. IHRAM stands for the International Human Rights Art Movement and was founded out of artist-activist Tom Block’s passion to use creativity to spur positive social change. According to their website, IHRAM works to “bring together all members of society through our programming…

