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“May you live all the days of your life” Allow yourself the freedom to feel, to hurt, to smile Disengage from the idea that things or even love gives you permission to be happy.

I saw my mom for the first time in months. Standing at 5’ 2 she still manages to make me feel small. Her long, dark curls billowing over her tan skin darkens her stoic features. Her small frame and sharp, mature eyes startle me as always. Her cold demeanor melts away as I hear theContinue reading “Mother May I”

Jasmine Crowe literally killed her Ted-Talk. She emphasized that world hunger is not just a problem we can address later, it is a CRISIS. People are starving all over the world, in our backyards, and oceans away. Corporations everywhere turn a blind eye to the issues and push it away as someone else’s issue andContinue reading “JASMINE CROWE”

Darren Pieh (also known as Alyssas dad) was our guess speaker during this transition to distance learning as a result of Covid-19. Mr. Pieh outlined the industry of broadcasting and media. Mr. Pieh has found a career in monitoring advertisements and ensuring they meet a predetermined standard. I feel like his appearance was necessary becauseContinue reading “Daniel Pieh”

Growing up my parents were huge basketball fans and I remember seeing this huge man on my tv screen doing interviews and speaking about his experience being one of the “greats” in basketball. As I’ve gotten older I realize that Shaq is a role model on and off the court. He used his athleticism toContinue reading “Shaq”

After watching Vida Williams Ted Talk, I was enamored by the intense detail in which she described privacy. She analyzed and explained citizen data in such a way that for a second you forget shes talking about us. Prior to this presentation I knew little of what citizen data was and how important it isContinue reading “Vida Williams”

Coming home for a 2-week long break sounded nice at first. Then it was a month, then it was 2 months, and somehow it has manifested itself to a 6month shelter in place shut down. This virus, this pandemic has incited a unique fear across the world. It seems the world out there is becomingContinue reading “Miss Rona”

I learned that history is not monolithic, I was presented with the idea at a young age that the black panther party was violent and radical. This is how I defined the beauty of their influence. I had a picture painted in my mind of the beautiful afros and leather jackets. I fell in loveContinue reading “Black Panther Vanguard”

My first memory of my hair has to be around 6th grade. Clear as day I remember walking from the busstop in the rain, my bestfriend at the time was so excited. Due to the rain and it being the middle of the week, she knew her mom was not going to press her hair.Continue reading “Hair”

I enjoy being able to see what goes on behind the scenes of my favorite artists or pieces of media. Although the show felt like there was no centralized theme. Out of the interview clips the one on Johnny Nunez was my favorite. I liked hearing about the difficulties and approaches to getting the perfectContinue reading “Sizzle Reel”