In this workshop, participants will explore a form of blackout poetry that transforms divisive, dehumanizing, or violent messages into expressions of beauty, empowerment, and hope. As the name implies, blackout poetry "blacks out," or redacts, select words from a text and preserves others to form an original poem. We will examine exemplars, including from students, constructed from literary and political texts that blend empowering messages with humanizing imagery. Participants will then have an opportunity to create their own blackout poem and share ideas for how they might teach this genre in their own contexts. Open to educators of all grade levels.