Jaffe...
From the sensually romantic to humor and
social commentary, Larry Jaffe impacts audiences
with a rich emotional range, masterfully crafted.
His poetry appears in numerous anthologies,
magazines, and on the Internet where he has
pioneered poetry web sites.
For his entire professional career Larry
Jaffe has been using his art to promote human
rights. Jaffe is an official Ambassador for Youth
for Human Rights as well as their Poet Laureate and
has been featured in poetry venues and festivals
both throughout the U.S. and abroad. He has read
his work in such distinguished locations as the
Japanese American Museum, Hammer Museum, the Jewish
Museum and the Museum of Literature in Prague and
the Dylan Thomas Centre in Wales.
"Tell the world about the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and make everyone you
know aware of them. Get these rights taught to our
children so they know their birthright," says
Larry.
Passionate about his purpose to bring Human Rights
to the forefront of our youth’s minds, Jaffe said,
"Every day I read about various human rights
violations and in my heart I know we can make a
better world. It is my great hope that we as poets
lead the way to a new and better civilization." His
poem OWNED has been adopted as the official poem on
human slave trafficking.
Jaffe served as International Readings Coordinator
for the UNESCO Dialogue among Civilizations through
Poetry Project from 2001 to 2004, a project that
incorporated hundreds of readings in hundreds of
cities globally.
He is also the co-founder of Poets for
Human Rights, an international coalition of poets
and human rights advocates.
"The purpose of Poets for Human Rights is
to remove the veil obscuring human rights violations
on this planet, and brightly shine the light of
truth on the perpetrators for the world to see. It
is the nature of poets to lead the way for humanity
and we will break the bonds of slavery and abuse
wherever they may be with our observations and
words," said Jaffe. Poets for Human Rights chapters
are now found internationally.
To all human rights supporters, Jaffe states, "The
doctrine from which we operate, if you will, is the
United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human
Rights written in 1948. This document defines human
rights as it should be. It is a shame that close to
60 years have gone by and there are still so many
human rights violations in this world. It is time
to do something about it!" Jaffe also notes, "Youth
for Human Rights have produced a series of Public
Service Announcements for each of the points of the
UDHR (Universal Declaration for Human Rights). They
are absolutely incredible."
Larry still loves to read in a variety of
bookstores, coffeehouses and bars to keep his roots
intact. Larry identifies with artists whose mission
is to bring to light an urgent sense of the need for
change and lift the weight of oppressions and
hopelessness. Larry’s stance on social issues will
always integrate a strong sense of humor along with
his tough stand on human rights and freedom.
Larry Jaffe is a
commercial artist as well, creating interest for
one’s products and services using his art form of
the written word. You can visit Larry, for business
or pleasure, via any one of the links to the right
of this profile…
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