Poets and musicians will gather Sunday at the Hyannis Village Green for “A-Way with Words: Spoken Word and Poetry in Solidarity,” a special event in remembrance of George Floyd one year after his murder.

“As a person of color, I was trying to think of a way to get our feelings out there, but also how can we heal, and for me that always comes back to creativity. It comes back to art, it comes back to self-expression,” says event organizer Rachael Devaney. “That’s why I thought this would be the perfect way to remember George Floyd.”

Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died May 25, 2020 after Minneapolis police stopped him on suspicion of passing counterfeit money. Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted last month of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, even though Floyd told him “I can’t breathe” at least 27 times, based on a videotape of the incident.

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