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Split This Rock is a grassroots effort—a people’s event. We’ll need everyone’s involvement to make it happen. Be part of this historic event. Everyone who donates will be thanked on the web site. And if you’re able to give $100 or more, you’ll be thanked in the program book at the festival—and on the website.

Sponsorship Levels

We have sponsorship levels to fit every budget. Click here to download the Sponsorship Flyer or see below. Each level offers special benefits:

Walt Whitman Sponsor                                  $5,000+
“Their Presidents shall not be their common referee so much as their poets shall.”

  • Supports printing, advertising, and internet costs to publicize Split This Rock to writers, activists, and readers across the country.
  • Special reception with featured poets.
  • Premium recognition on all major event materials, including Web site, program and signage.
  • 8 tickets to Split This Rock.

June Jordan Sponsor                         $1,000+
“Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.”

  • Provides airfare and accommodations for a featured poet from the West, such as Jimmy Santiago Baca.
  • Special reception with featured poets.
  • Recognition on all major event materials, including Web site, program, and signage.
  • 4 tickets to Split This Rock.

Langston Hughes Sponsor                            $500+
“America never was America to me / And yet I swear this oath- /America will be!”

  • Provides airfare and accommodations for an East Coast poet, such as Martín Espada.
  • Recognition on event materials, including Web site and program.
  • 2 tickets to Split This Rock.

Muriel Rukeyser Sponsor                             $250+
“Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings.”

  • Supports staff stipend and volunteer costs for one day.
  • Recognition on event materials, including Web site and program.
  • 1 ticket to Split This Rock

James Baldwin Sponsor                                 $100+
“Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”

  • Provides discounted registration to Split This Rock for two poets/activists.
  • Recognition on Split This Rock Web site and program.

So please, dig deep. Your gift is fully tax-deductible: every penny goes toward spreading the word and bringing poets of conscience together in Washington, DC. Every dollar counts.

To contribute, click here:

https://secure.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/IPS/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=1120

and follow the instructions. Be sure to designate “Split This Rock” when it asks if you want to donate to a particular IPS project.

Or, send a check made out to “IPS/Split This Rock” to:
The Institute for Policy Studies
1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036

VOLUNTEER INFORMATION

Split This Rock is fueled by activist volunteers—poets and others who know the power of poetry in a dangerous time. Our volunteers are working hard to spread the word, raise funds, communicating with the press and sponsor organizations, developing program materials, and so much more.

Check this page after the festival for information on how you can contribute your time and energy as we continue to build a network of
socially conscious poets. Even if you don’t live in the D.C. area, you can help out.

If you have questions about volunteering, please send an email to our Volunteer Coordinator, Jaime Jarvis, at jamilaxon@hotmail.com.