4 weeks. 120 hours. Infinite memories. My name is Amaris Gilbert. I am a 16 year old girl. I am one of 25 students to partake in USC’s Annenberg Youth Academy, out of over 80 applicants. If a single person who sat with me within the last four weeks was different, my entire experience would …
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Race: The Ultimate Money Making Machine
“For the love of money is the root of all of evil.” – Apostle John The white audience is the main audience. They are constantly catered to, constantly portrayed as the hero, consistently shown that they are the ideal person. Why? Because everybody wants to be reassured! But, why specifically the white audience? Well, the …
Hip-Hop is my Hymn
“‘Ain’t too many places a girl is safe on this Earth’, I said, ‘I understood,’ but I didn’t, the privilege and the skin that I live in… Think we could make this world a better place For all of our children?” Flowers (feat. MAVI) – TOBi On the train to AYA every morning, I listen …
Tomorrow’s Growing Gardens
The sunrise of tomorrow is never promised. And yet, every night as we drift off to sleep, we think of our plans for the next day, maybe some of us dream up entirely different worlds. A world of tomorrow, a world fifty years into the future, a world we may not even live to see. …
Communicating Change 