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- Jun 29, 202637 min
Diana Romero: One Woman Wonder
What I hope to do with this show is to talk about my life...about always trying to belong, but then the ultimate challenge of belonging which is becoming a wheelchair user because you're going to stand out in any kind of way. I hope with audiences what comes out is a partnership which is the theme. Let me tell you what I'm talking about, what you won't know unless you're a wheelchair user. I want people not to feel like I'm preaching at them. I'm coming to tell you what it's like and that's my goal --to have humor in it, to have advocacy in it, but to have people in the end feel like they're a team with me or like their allies...not to feel ashamed or embarrassed. This is not a victim story by any means. ~ Diana RomeroDiana Romero is an award-winning writer, producer, and storyteller whose work focuses on overlooked lives and the complexity of being seen.
- Jun 25, 202638 min
Diana Romero: One Woman Wonder
What I hope to do with this show is to talk about my life...about always trying to belong, but then the ultimate challenge of belonging which is becoming a wheelchair user because you're going to stand out in any kind of way. I hope with audiences what comes out is a partnership which is the theme. Let me tell you what I'm talking about, what you won't know unless you're a wheelchair user. I want people not to feel like I'm preaching at them. I'm coming to tell you what it's like and that's my goal --to have humor in it, to have advocacy in it, but to have people in the end feel like they're a team with me or like their allies...not to feel ashamed or embarrassed. This is not a victim story by any means. ~ Diana RomeroDiana Romero Writer - Producer - Performer - Activist. I’m an award-winning writer/producer based in Los Angeles, specializing in detective procedurals, true crime, and family dramas. As a former social worker, I supported at-risk youth, which sparked my passion for social justice. My experiences led to Niña Quebrada, an award-winning film on sex trafficking, which screened at festivals and conferences internationally.
- Jun 19, 202638 min
Diana Romero: Disability Belongs
What I hope to do with this show was to talk about my life, about always trying to belong, but then the ultimate challenge of belonging which is becoming a wheelchair user because you're going to stand out in any kind of way - not fit in being a wheelchair user. I hope with audiences what comes out with me is a partnership which is the theme. Let me tell you what I'm talking about, what I'm realizing you won't know unless you're a wheelchair user. I wanted people not to feel like I'm preaching at them. I'm coming to tell you what it's like -- to have humor in it, to have advocacy in it, but to have people in the end feel like they're a team with me, or like their allies, or to feel ashamed or embarrassed. This is not a victim story by any means. ~ Diana Romero Diana Romero is an award-winning writer/producer/performer based in Los Angeles, specializing in detective procedurals, true crime, and family dramas.
- Jun 1, 202631 min
Svetlana Satchkova: Speak Up, America!
The choices we have here in America are different than the choices in Russia. Let's start with choices we have here in America. First of all, the most important choice that we have is VOTING. That is the most important right that has not been taken away. In Putin's Russia elections have not been free for decades. And opposition candidates were barred from running and even then, the results were always manipulated to deliver for Putin a staggering victory. So, this is what I can tell my American listeners: VOTE. ~Svetlana Satchkova Svetlana Satchkova is a Russian-born journalist and novelist who immigrated to the United States in 2016. She covers culture and politics, with bylines in the Rumpus, Newsweek, LARB, the Independent, and others. Currently a research fellow at the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at NYU, she holds an MFA from Brooklyn College and lives in Brooklyn. Svetlana has published three novels in Russian; The Undead: A Novel of Modern Russia, is her English-language debut.
- Apr 20, 202630 min
Pat Ceasar: Truth Teller
When you're running for office be your authentic self and tell the truth. You have to tell everybody what you have done for them and what you want to do. You have to listen to them. You shouldn't be scripted. Shoot from the hip; talk from the heart. And you can tell them how you can't get things done without having the House and Senate, but this is what I would like to do. What makes sense for all Americans. But you have to point out the opponent -- things are hurting them. Ask them not to be a one issue voter; you're not voting for perfect but for Good. ~Pat CeasarPat Ceasar, Pat Is a Comic/Actor/Writer/ Director/DP and an Artist & Storyteller. After attending the Art Institute of Boston at Leslie College she started her career working on Political advertising in Boston as an Art Director. Then Pat moved to NYC and switched her career to consumer advertising.
- Mar 13, 202633 min
Dr. John King: Living the Spirit of SISU
There's always hope. You can't say the word hope without smiling. Hope is that ability to get up and go again. The Finnish have word for it--SISU. What it means is white-knuckle courage in the face of overwhelming odds. When everything is lost, the spirit of SISU manifests itself. And for me SISU means relentless resilience. I'm incredibly stubborn and the idea of ever giving up never crossed my mind. I had to prove that they were wrong. That they could never break me. Dr. John A. King is an Australian-born, Indigenous (Warumungu) author, speaker, and survivor-advocate based in Texas.
- Feb 27, 202634 min
Donna Walker Kuhne: The Power of Building Audiences
As I've traveled around the world to teach, speak, and lecture about audience development, in particular, Africa, is that what I've learned is that at the end of the day, people want to feel welcome, they want to have a good time, even if it's something that made them want to laugh, but to feel like, 'Wow, this was thought-provoking, this was interesting, and to feel that I made a good choice coming. And maybe I met someone that I didn't know.' I learned how class, particularly in America, is such a barrier for people to feel they belong. ~Donna Walker-KuhneDonna Walker-Kuhne is an award-winning author, strategist and expert in building diverse audiences and engaging communities for arts experiences. She believes that thriving communities embrace the arts and are invited to participate in the arts in a consistent and predictable manner. ~
- Jan 19, 202630 min
Irina Kruzhilina: Fierce Frontrunner on Immigration
I want to educate the public about what’s happening in the immigration crisis itself and inside the courts, about the refugees and how they are treated here, but also to make the performances beautiful in a way that will impart something profound to the audience. How do I put these stories into the most beautiful artistic form to go to the core of the human being? What I need from these performances is a call to action—for people to actually DO something. We need to educate them and impact them emotionally, so that people know what to do. This crisis is on us! We need to be haunted by their stories. We need to hear these stories over and over again so we cannot turn away. ~ Irina KruzhilinaIrina Kruzhilina is an award-winning theater maker whose roles include director, scenographer, experience designer, playwright, professor, and artistic director, creating work at the intersection of visual art, live performance, and civic engagement.
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