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EXPERIENCE, Film, JUSTICE, PLAY, Racial Justice, Sporting

Film Review | Jesse Owens, the Movie “RACE” and the Impact on the 2024 Olympic Games

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Jesse Owens was an African American track athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. His story is significant because, in 1936, Europe was on the brink of World War II. Nazi Germany, under Adolf Hitler, hosted the Berlin Olympics with the intent of showcasing its ideology of Aryan racial superiority. However, the Games became notable for challenging this propaganda. Jesse Owens’ victories directly contradicted Nazi racial theories and highlighted the absurdity of racial discrimination.

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EXPERIENCE, Museums & Art Exhibitions, Music

Exhibit Review | HIP-HOP AMERICA: The Mixtape Exhibit, Grammy Museum, L.A.

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Hip Hop? It’s the very essence of being a renegade, a cultural revolution born from the raw artistic expression  of DJs and MCs back in the day in New York’s park of Sedgwick and Cedar. They were all about bending words, crafting wild sounds with whatever was at hand. The GRAMMY Museum has curated the “Hip Hop America: The Mixtape Exhibit” to  dive into this journey, showcasing how a 50-year legacy of curiosity has pushed not just the music but the whole hip hop culture forward.

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Books, EXPERIENCE, People of Note, PONDER

Book Review | “Settled: How to Find Calm in a Stress-Inducing World” by Chantal Donnelly

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In her book, Settled: How to Find Calm in a Stress-Inducing World, Ms. Donnelly invites readers to establish a more settled place for their emotional and physical well-being using a variety of well-researched, body-based techniques. Her style of writing is both personal and engaging and I have already suggested both her book and ‘how-to’ videos to support clients who are struggling to stay within their window of tolerance.

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Books, EXPERIENCE

Book Review | ‘The Audacity of Hope’: Is it Time to Rethink Our Role in Democracy?

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Nearly twenty years after its original publication, Barack Obama’s statement on the political
landscape in the U.S. at the time eerily rings true today as it did in 2006.

The notion that what ‘binds us together is greater than what drives us apart’ is truly the only path for a great society to pursue the vision of an equitable, diverse, accessible and inclusive nation.

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EXPERIENCE, Film

Film Review | American Fiction

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Watching “American Fiction,” I was prompted to reflect on the diversity within the Black experience. Being Black myself, the film underscored that our racial identity doesn’t mean we have the same set of experiences. The differences in our stories don’t diminish our Blackness; rather, they enrich it with a multitude of narratives and perspectives.

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