TrinityMarshHawkenProjects2021

  Day 13 "Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you  reach your goal." - Ava DuVernay Friday was Day 13 of my Hawken Project (my third to last day). It was crazy for me to think  about the fact that  two weeks have gone by that fast! I couldn't believe just how much work  that I did in such a short amount of time! It was also bittersweet for me because I  knew that my time with my Hawken Project was coming to a close soon. However, just  because  my time with the Hawken Project may be over soon, that doesn't mean that my  journey with  creating the curriculum for the AA Studies Program or my work is done yet!  There are still so much rich information that can be included in these courses and so much to explore (ie: allyship, athletics/ sports, entrepreneurship and the economy, etc.). So, the  work still continues on after the Hawken Project! On Friday, I had the opportunity to che...

  Day 12 What I want young women and girls to know is: You are powerful and your voice matters. You're going to walk into many rooms in your life and career where you may be the only one who looks like you or who has had the experiences you've had. But you remember that when you are in those rooms, you are not alone. We are all in that room with you applauding you on. Cheering your voice. And just so proud of you. So you use that voice and be strong. - Vice President Kamala Harris       Vice President Kamala Harris being sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Judge Thurgood Marshall's Bible     Yesterday was day 12 of my Hawken Project and Inauguration Day! While I continued to work on the list of Important Topics, Terms, and People to know for each course along with finding the links to certain video clips or documentaries for each of the courses, I tuned into CNN to have the Inauguration playing in the background. I was too young to remember...

  Day 11 "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your  place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you  want to live." - Dr. Mae Jemison Yesterday was Day 11 of my Hawken Project and the first day of returning back to school. After greeting friends that I hadn't seen for over a month and finding a quiet, unoccupied room, I got back to work! Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to check out two more  documentaries ( Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation  and Crack:  Cocaine, Corruption, and Conspiracy ), which focused on the effects of the War on Drugs  on the Black community, how the government failed to recognize the growing threat of cocaine being imported into the US through Nicaragua and focused their attention instead on the increase of crack-cocaine use in lower-income Black communities, and how crack  addicts and dealers we...

  Day 8 ”Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult  challenges  I face.” –  Carol Moseley-Braun Today is day 8 of my Hawken Project and I'm currently in the process of sorting materials  and  content for the courses based on their topics. I've meet or communicated with a couple  of  other teachers about a specific course and the topic of the course in the program and  have  asked them for their advice and insight on potential materials for the curriculum  for  that  course. In addition to that, I've just had a brief check-in yesterday with Mrs. Mullen  and  my  mentor about the progress of my Hawken Project. I believe that I'm at a very good  stage  with  my project and I'm excited to continue moving forward with shaping up the  courses  that  I  have in mind for the AA Studies Project!  As I continued with reviewing the conte...

  Day 6 " You can't help it. An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times.” - Nina  Simone Yesterday was day 6 of my Hawken Project and I switched gears from the oral history  interviews that I am conducting. I spent the majority of my time  reconnecting  with my  mentor and creating a rough draft of the course topics, potential list  of materials,  and  bullet  points of the  purpose for each individual course. I started the  meeting  quickly  debriefing the meeting with Dr. Gadsby and the notes that I took during  the  session that  I believed to be most crucial to the foundation of creating the A-A Studies  Program,  including  variation of narratives and voices throughout the course, creating  accountability  between  the t eacher and the student (regarding the content and how the  student reacts to  it), and balancing out trauma with joy...

  Day Five “In every conceivable manner, the family is (the) link to our past, bridge to our future.” -  Alex  Haley As I stated in my previous post, I decided to interview a couple of people to demonstrate  what an oral history assignment for the African-American Studies Program could look like and also to add on to the theme of being inclusive of different narratives of African- American  people. So, over the weekend, I had the opportunity to interview my great-aunt  Willa  about  her life growing up in the South during the 30's, 40's, and early 50's, her  journey  moving up to  Cleveland during the Second Great Migration (1940s-1970s), and her  experience with  segregation during this time. The interview went very well and I personally  learned a lot about the life of my great-aunt and how different my generation is from her generation. To start off the interview, I asked her questions about her childhood and what...