As the 114th Congress begins a new season of legislating, we are already deeply concerned about education legislation being considered. Two weeks ago, the new chairman of the Senate education committee released a “discussion draft” to consider changes to federal education policies. The last authorization, known as the No Child Left Behind Act, expired in…
“Hope is like a path in the countryside. Originally, there was nothing – but as people walk this way again and again, a path appears.” – Lu Xun Hello Friends, On Thursday evening, I had the opportunity to hear Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn discuss their newest book, A Path Appears, at ABC Carpet…
WHAT: Take Me To The River, an award-winning film by producer/director Martin Shore that celebrates the musical influence of Memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation, is celebrating the launch of its Take Me To The River Education Initiative on Thu., Feb. 12, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at the world famous Apollo Theater…
Hello Beautiful People, I first participated in The Vagina Monologues in college. It was one of the first times I had felt such…community…love…and support from a group of people all at once. It made my heart happy. It eased some scars that I had kept covered for way too long. And then, a couple of…
Hello Beautiful People, As many of you are enjoying this holiday…I hope you stop for a minute and think about the man that we are honoring. I hope you stop and think of his work. His life. His dream. See, every year I tend to write a post about Dr. King around this time, and my…
Hello Beautiful People, This past weekend, I attended my first ever New York State Theatre Education Conference for Students. Here’s the motto/mission of this beautiful organization: A strong, statewide organization to advocate for Drama/Theatre Education in New York State, NYSTEA promotes and supports theatre education in grades K-12 for the betterment of youth and theatre…
Hello Beautiful People, I’m going to keep this post short & sweet. This weekend I’m off to the NYSTEA Conference! NYSTEA is the New York State Theatre Education Assoication. A thriving organization dedicated to preserving and protecting and encouraging the theatre arts in schools. Here’s there official motto, (or in their words, “mission”): Our mission…
Hello Beautiful People, His name is Gaetano Minutillo. And he’s going to be 90 this weekend. 90. I’m sitting here still trying to stomach the fact that I just turned 29…and he’s going to be 90 – and I can only hope to accomplish an eighth of what he’s done in his lifetime. And so,…
Hello Beautiful People, On May 19th, 2013, I say the final Broadway performance of Orphans, by Lyle Kessler, and it continues to be a show that I carry with me. See, that’s the beautiful thing about brilliant storytelling – it stays with you. It takes up residence in your heart and your memory, and that…
Hello Beautiful People, Lately, my Facebook feed has been full of stories and news reports about Ebola. And while I’m not knocking the severity of the disease, I have to tell you, it was really disturbing when I didn’t find anyone talking about the school shooting that happened in the state of Washington last week….