This spring I got the opportunity to work on the wonderful musical Ragtime, by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and it was (in a word) an experience. While juggling rehearsals, 18 credit hours, and a part time job I certainly had my work cut out for me, but I was enriched in many significant ways by the experience.
Read MoreI went to a panel in late March which was focused on the issue of black feminism in television and film. It was a truly inspiring opportunity to see these black women, all very successful in their fields, just describe the ways that they’ve found to make it in a world that is often against them. One of my favorite speakers at the panel was Morgan Harnell’s discussion of her piece S.A.B.L.E., a choreo-poem about the experiences of black women and their struggle to be seen, heard, and recognized in the face of police brutality and society’s predisposition to ignore and dismiss them.
Read MoreThis is a presentation I made with my colleagues comparing and critiquing the approaches of Lydia Marie Childs and William Ellery Channing in terms of abolitionism, focusing on two of their essays which we covered in class. Please enjoy, and send me any questions you might have through my contact page!
Read MoreIt always seems to come back to the question “what is my ethical footprint?” Perhaps not in so many words, but it seems that every movement is inspired, at least in part, by this question. How can we do better? How can we be better? This is at the root of almost every post I’ve made, and every thing I’ve learned in my Senior Seminar class.
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This article seeks to examine the ways in which the Natural Hair Movement came into being, and how it was so successful in achieving its aims. Through a rhetorical lens, we seek to see what about the approach of the Natural Hair Movement helped it not only resonate in the hearts and minds of its audience, but allowed it to effect tangible change within American society.
Read MoreOn March 2nd of this year I embarked on a journey to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights with a group of my classmates, and was immersed in an experience which left me at times inspired, at times amazed, and at other times near tears. The exhibit was clearly designed by people intensely passionate about the history, legacy, and preservation of the spirit of Civil and Human Rights and who were dedicated to creating a comprehensive and immersive experience for all visitors. The opening of the exhibit was inspired in its ability to transport the audience into the Civil Rights era, immediately splitting up the hallway into sides of blacks and whites only, followed by a room literally stacked with televisions broadcasting the actual television programs where pro segregation rhetoric was put out. It was an area of sound and fury,
Read MoreFor essentially the entire history of this country which we call America, immigration has been a hot-button issue which has shaped the development and trajectory of this nation, from the first European immigrants who landed on these shores to rob and murder its inhabitants to the refugees and hopefuls who came through Ellis Island looking for a better life to modern day immigrants
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