1- For the last two years I have asked @TEDxPortland to include more Latinx speakers to their line up, earlier this year the invited me to meet with them and they told me that the lineup was set because they wanted to showcase our Black Community leaders
@todcordill Makes sense. The context is important... and I'll definitely admit to skipping some unsolicited emails, regardless of the content!
And: HII! Likewise :)
Never feel bad for not being "productive" when you read about 500,000 people dying.
Soul anguish is what happens when grieving rituals are replaced by normalcy rituals. Don't "power through" the heart of your humanity.
You see how Amanda Gorman just made you feel??
This is why art matters so much. It has the ability to cut through and gets right to the heart of the matter.
I guarantee most will forget the majority of these speeches, but it will be hard to forget what she just did today.
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