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One Drop of Love at Chestnut Hill College
Many drops of love and gratitude to Dr. Juliana Mosely and the Black Student Union at Chestnut Hill College for bringing One Drop of Love to campus in celebration of Black History/Black Futures month! Here is Dr. Mosely’s eye-opening TED … Continue reading
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One Drop of Love at Millsaps College
In this video you’ll get a glimpse of our tech rehearsal process, and the introduction to our writing workshop ‘History and Identity in the Story of My Name.” This was our first time in Mississippi and we were so blown … Continue reading
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Fanshen’s Reflections on Performing One Drop at the Susan Bailis Assisted Living Facility in Boston
“Seeing all those people. All those people I had left behind. So many of them had passed away and I just could not bear it.” My father says this line at the end of One Drop. It’s a culmination of … Continue reading
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This Week as an Artivist: 4/2/16 Frida Kahlo, SLC Utah, 50 Push-Up Challenge
Frida Kahlo is my muse (0:00-1:26) (2:31-3:00) NY Times review of 1992 Frida Kahlo documentary: http://nyti.ms/1SJonfY University of Utah College of Social Work, Rose Wagner Center for the Performing Arts in Salt Lake City, Utah (1:24-3:15) Museum of Tolerance 3/31/16 … Continue reading
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This Week as an Artivist: 1/23/16: MLK, Jr, #JimmyKimmel, Solutions
TRANSCRIPT: 1 00:00:00,000 –> 00:00:06,160 OK so Mama Trudy and I went to the Baldwin Hills Overlook and it was really really 2 00:00:06,160 –> 00:00:22,410 cool, so here’s a little video of the time that we spent. 3 00:00:22,410 … Continue reading
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On Slave Ownership, Privilege and One Drop
For just a little over two years I have traveled across the United States performing the one-woman show I wrote and produce, One Drop of Love. One Drop is about history and family, race, class, gender, privilege. One of the central … Continue reading
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How to Use Twitter to ‘Fight the Power’
FIRST – a disclaimer: I am by no means an expert on Twitter. Though I am an ‘early adopter’ (2008), there have been very long periods in which I didn’t use it at all. And there will be times in … Continue reading
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On White Supremacy and Why Body Cameras Are Not Enough
I am so hopeful about the young people making their voices heard and committing their time and efforts to making real change around racism and police brutality (if you’re on Twitter, search #BlackLivesMatter to get to know these amazing activists … Continue reading
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In Response to #Ferguson
I spent yesterday, like so many of my friends and family, wavering between deep sadness and deep anger. I understand that, because I was a witness to a family member being brutalized by a police officer, I have a different … Continue reading
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VLOG Episode 4 part 2: The Fox Theatre Egyptian Ballroom
The day before and the day of our show at the Fox Theatre’s Egyptian Ballroom in Atlanta. LINKS & CREDITS: Subscribe to our Youtube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=fanshencox National Center for Civil and Human Rights (first 2 photos are from their home … Continue reading
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