I must say I feel slightly relieved in some ways to start blogging about facts, which is very strange since I believe in Speaking 2B Free and freeing myself of internal demons through the simple use of speech. I suspect that my feeling of relief stems from some of the responses that my blog post [...]
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2B a sensemaker through storytelling
Filed Under: Guest Articles Tagged With: ambiguous situations, dialogue, harry porter, Inauguration, jk rowling, Lincoln Memorial, racism, save a life, sensemaking, slam poetry, SPEAK 2B FREE, spoken word poetry, Washington D.C.
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: Speak 2B Free attends the Burning of the Sage
Crowds leaving the train near Capitol Hill, “My heart is beating fast!”: After this we went to an event that involved cleansing the white house starting from DuPont Circle…. “Really good spirits burn the sage – out with the evil and the rage – gather good vibes – and turn the page – to usher [...]
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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 [...]
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Speak 2B Free Arrives @ D.C: 48 hours before Inauguration
Speak 2B Free is currently in their hotel room bringing you hilarious videos of traveling adventures and pre-inauguration activities…experiencing technical difficulties and having a blast. We are pretty sure that there are millions of people trying to upload videos to youtube, hence, uploading is taking a few hours. See you soon…in the mean time, please [...]
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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 [...]
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