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November 15, 2024

Adam Davenport: The Power of the Actor

For me, acting is the greatest tool we have right now to teach people empathy. Because empathy requires you to put yourself squarely in the shoes of another person. I…

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May 16, 2024

Christine Dixon: Black History Brought to Life

Harriet Tubman knows how to relate to the different groups because Harriet doesn't 'see' people like ; my audience is seen as humans, a beautiful mélange of people that are…

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November 15, 2023

Carla Debbie Alleyne: Stand Together for Fairness

Artivism is a combination of Art and Activism. I wrote about Bayard Rustin who served as the right hand of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for many years. He was…

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May 17, 2023

Donna Benedicto: A New Generation of Actors

Focusing outside of yourself helps you thrive in this industry and helps you deal with so much and all the obstacles we face. I'm a Filipina-Canadian singer-turned-actress who switched…

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March 30, 2023

Naomi McDougall Jones: Defying Gravity

I truly believe we are in an apocalyptic culture shift ; truly, an historical, multi-century, multi-millennial shift and in the last gasp of the white-supremacist patriarchal society. We are living…

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March 30, 2023

Naomi McDougall Jones: Defying Gravity

January 24, 2022

Moise Morancy: Returning the Favor

Artists have a responsibility to reflect the times . . . my experience as a young Black male looks through the experiences of an African-American male, but I'm a Haitian-American,…

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January 24, 2022

Moise Morancy: Returning the Favor

Artists have a responsibility to reflect the times . . . my experience as a young Black male looks through the experiences of an African-American male, but I'm a Haitian-American,…