But what is in a voice? I keep hearing people saying statements such as: I have a voice – that is true but what does it take for that voice to get heard? Why do some people get more airplay than others (even the people that talk and say nothing)? If language is language why [...]
You are here: Home / Archives for Barack Obama
It is not what you say but how you say it
Filed Under: Guest Articles Tagged With: al gore, Barack Obama, hitler, i have a voice, julius caesar, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, musolini, seduction, social media, start quality, the art of speaking, Voices
Post-Inauguration: “While our stories are singular, our destinies are shared.
“A political victory, a rise of rents, the recovery of your sick or the return of your absent friend, or some other quite external event raises your spirit, and you think good days are preparing for you. Do not believe it. If can never be so. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can [...]
Filed Under: Guest Articles Tagged With: Barack Obama, dialogue, Harvard College, Inauguration, Lincoln Memorial, Obama's first press conference, peace within yourself, Puerto Rico, ralph waldo emerson, Self-Reliance, SPEAK 2B FREE, Voices
1.20.09: Speak 2B Free at the Lincoln Memorial, “Yes, We Will.”
When the sun had set, and the Obama’s settled into the White House, Van and I walk up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Here, we record our experience of the event and our stay in Washington as a black and a perceived white girl/ American and non American person. 1.20.09.
Filed Under: Guest Articles Tagged With: aparthied, Barack Obama, I have a dream, Inauguration, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Metro, Nelson Mandela, south africa, White House saging
Day 2 Videos: Speak 2B Free in Washington, D.C, Part 1
Man says Goodbye to Bush, Van and I take in the crowds, standing in front of the White House where press and millions will gather tomorrow: Journey through the crowds. Speak 2B Free makes its way to the burning of the Sage. Footage from the burning of the Sage coming up…right now it’s 3AM, the [...]
Filed Under: Guest Articles Tagged With: 2009, Barack Obama, Burning of the sage, Crowds in D.C., Inauguration, January 20, Obama Inauguration, SPEAK 2B FREE, White House
Washington, D.C. Inauguration: Speak 2B Free 72 Hour Journey
Sunday: Off to D.C. where Van and I enjoy a simple Fung Wah bus ride, where we are able to sit alone in two sits across from each other, sharing stories and reading books on branding and marketing. I slowly come to the realization that this is actually my first official business trip with Speak [...]
Filed Under: Guest Articles Tagged With: Barack Obama, Chinatown Bus, Crowds in D.C., Inauguration, Inauguration 2009, Obama Inauguration, Simon and Garfunkel, Sounds of Silence, SPEAK 2B FREE, Washington D.C.
SPEAK 2B FREE hops on a bus to Washington D.C. for Inauguration…
BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Speak 2B Free/Van and I are about to hop a bus from Chinatown in Boston, M.A. to NYC, and then to another bus line where we will travel from Chinatown in NYC to Chinatown Washington, D.C. You gotta love the Chinatown Bus System. Van and I plan to video spontaneous outbreaks of song/poetry/history/emotion [...]
Filed Under: Guest Articles Tagged With: Barack Obama, Chinatown Bus, Fung Wah, Inauguration, Malia Obama, Parade, Sasha Obama, SPEAK 2B FREE
The darkness hides the light, but the light is always there
“The common sense of the people, the songs and tales of numberless and nameless men and women, have been for centuries unconsciously but steadily preparing for this change.” – Dr. Tsi C. Wang A renaissance is when the light comes after the dark. It is a rejuvenation of ideas, a change in thinking. The USA is in [...]
Filed Under: Guest Articles Tagged With: bai hua, Barack Obama, chinese literature, chinese poetry, chinese renaissance, chinese storytelling, Dr Tsi C. Wang, Hu shi, ming dynasty, new culture movement, new thought movement, new tide
