The morning of The Pulse Nightclub massacre, I cried. I immediately texted a group thread I had active at the time, most of us newly seventeen or eighteen:
"I just want you all to know that I love you so much and I don't know what I would do if something happened to you. Yes, this is because of the news this morning but also for all times. I just want you to know I love you."
Read MorePeople all over the world went to sleep dreaming of a better place to live, and it was you, America. They dreamt of a world devoid of persecution based on beliefs, a world of peace and compassion, and a world of community and cooperation.
Read MoreIn the past five years, I’ve done a lot. I’ve married the love of my life. We’ve made two beautiful brown babies. I’ve worked with and served dozens of local youth on the road of their clinical and mental health. I’ve started a non-profit organization, currently primed and prepared to do so much more. I’ve been recognized by community leaders and received awards.
And you mean to tell me that that was it?
Read MoreAmerica, I guess I don’t have anything to tell you. I have questions.
Read MoreThe Artist as Citizen Conference (sponsored by Artists Striving to End Poverty) bring together young people from all over the country and spends six days on Julliard's campus with three focuses: Artistic Excellence, Activism, and Entrepreneurship.
Read MoreWhenever there has been a threat to something we hold dear, and when it has seemed hopeless, with little to no opportunity to respite or recourse, there has always been something that has been resurrected from the darkness.
Call it grit, call it grassroots, call it stick-to-it-iveness or gumption, when the people decide that they want something, they make the necessary moves to make it happen.
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Read MoreI believe the film addresses something much more difficult and even scary for people to talk about, but that's the cool thing about the film. Jordan Peele takes a situation that people are scared to talk about and literally turns into a scary movie.
“So...what situation does the film address?”
I'm glad you asked.
Read MoreI saw God, I saw color, I saw suffering, and I saw victory. These people reached inside of themselves and pulled out the most vulnerable of gems; clad in emotion, sincerity, and rhythm, their art stood there cosmically like an eclipse shielding our eyes from the blinding sun.
Read MoreIf you have a song in your heart that needs to be sung, step to the mic. If you are not satisfied with the world around you and have a truth you must speak to, step to the mic. If you believe that your passion and creativity can change or even save a life, step to the mic.
You just might start a revolution.
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