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I'm passionate about using Television as a medium for change. I believe strongly that art imitates life and using art to influence culture is paramount. The quote below perfectly encapsulates my thoughts. A culture can’t evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. If a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires and tragedies, dramas and comedies, that shine a clean light into the dingy corners of the human psyche and Society – Robert McKee.

Indie music, english pop, Arctic Monkeys, english culture, travelling, delicious food, events planning, medias...

public libraries, the subway, social dance, idea parties, breakfast think-ins, Liz Lerman's Critical Response Process and how to apply it to college classrooms or really any type of learning environment, the Free Black Women's Library, participatory action research, mapping, paying taxes, the Clemente course, Bard Prison Initiative and adult education initiatives generally, state-subsidized childcare, making caregiving a highly skilled, highly compensated profession, housing court, This is Us, James Baldwin

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