PLs and RAs by Tamara Washington https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip en-us 2023-08-10 13:29:23 UTC 2023-08-15 19:53:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Who were you before the world told you who to be?What is the earliest memory of your engaging in conversations about identity? tamarawashingtonga https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659449791 2023-08-10 13:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659449791 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659456912 The same person I’m today
Introducing myself to friends and school ]]> 2023-08-10 13:40:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659456912 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659456992 I honestly don’t know, maybe during spring training]]> 2023-08-10 13:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659456992 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457255 1. Myself
2. Introducing myself to others in school]]> 2023-08-10 13:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457255 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457295 The same]]> 2023-08-10 13:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457295 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457494 A kid. Earliest memory was when watching a doctor who episode.]]> 2023-08-10 13:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457494 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457622 1. Me, myself, and I
2. Spring training (i think)

]]> 2023-08-10 13:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457622 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457672 I have always been pretty set in my identity and have been in environments where I have been allowed to grow]]> 2023-08-10 13:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457672 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457831 1.Overly joyous
2. 4th grade ]]> 2023-08-10 13:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457831 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457857 More confident before the world told me who I was.

My earliest positive memory is when I went into high school and seeing all the different communities. ]]> 2023-08-10 13:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457857 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457888 1. myself? 
2. when I was younger]]> 2023-08-10 13:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457888 1) not sure https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457900 2) during training ]]> 2023-08-10 13:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659457900 An artist https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659458021
Spring Training

]]> 2023-08-10 13:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659458021 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659458293 I have no idea

In highschool when I was in a gender & identity group]]> 2023-08-10 13:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659458293 1. I was a child of an immigrant and the oldest child. https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659458342 2. Mostly before or in elementary school ]]> 2023-08-10 13:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2659458342 1) I was a child https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727377 2) Having the police talk with my parents]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727377 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727390 A child

Probably around middle school]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727390 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727422 The exact same ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727422 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727432 2. Religious school]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727432 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727475 1. A child

2. Middle school]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727475 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727493 1. Innocent
2. 6 years old]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727493 A chef https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727502 I’ve had so much exposure to other cultures and identities through foods and cuisine]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727502 I was who I am. https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727531 2023-08-15 19:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727531 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727559 I was a daughter and a youngest sister to a family in the mountains. ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727559 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727570 I’m just confident to be myself]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727570 Responses https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727576 1. Unafraid, confident, and genuinely owning my passions and identity
2. Elementary ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727576 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727580 Happy]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727580 1. A kid with no awareness of the world around https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727591 2. middle school ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727591 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727626 1. Theater fanatic
2. 5th grade ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727626 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727633 1) ive always been myself
2) 5th grade, but I have bad memory]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727633 1) I was a young kid with big dreams https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727647 2) probably middle school ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727647 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727649 1. Lost

2. I first engaged in conversations around identity as a teenager ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727649 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727657 Imaginative, a reader, a believer.

Kindergarten/First Grade]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727657 I was a son, a brother, and a learner. https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727660 2.6th grade]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727660 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727665 1) a little girl digging holes in the backyard with a princess ball gown on
2) my friend came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727665 Questions https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727666 A writier ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727666 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727673 1) unapologetic 
2) middle school

]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727673 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727684 1. Energetic
2. Unfiltered]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727684 g2403193 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727689 1. An Imaginator 
2. Talking about race in my local park ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727689 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727694 The world never told me who I was ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727694 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727713 1. I was a very quiet person (?) 
2. When I first started going to school]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727713 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727722 1) just myself without the ideals of patriarchy pushing me down 
2) when i was 6 (at least the most vivid early one) ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727722 A singer https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727735 When I started theatre in 5th grade]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727735 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727736 1.) carefree

2.) High School]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727736 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727754 1. im not sure, im still not sure without others’ labels
2. back of a school bus, learning about it with my peers]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727754 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727768 1. myself 
2. during the ra univ class ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727768 Child of God https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727774 In school]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727774 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727777 1. child of my parents 
2. early high school ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727777 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727779 1. oblivious 
2. in high school ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727779 A human https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727781 When people started calling me a different race /ethnicity than I am ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727781 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727794 1. Unaware
2. Idk]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727794 Naive https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727833 Freshmen year]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727833 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727847 I was a young child with various large dreams and aspirations. 

Mainly in early elementary school when I realized no one really looked like me. ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727847 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727854 1. Me
2. 7 years old]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727854 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727856 1) Pretty much the same
2) Middle School? ]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727856 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727864 1. A person
2. Boys show they “like” me as a girl by being mean to me]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727864 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727871 A boy]]> 2023-08-15 19:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727871 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727913 1) Useless
2) Was very young and learned about the responsibilities I had to my culture, my community, and my country. ]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727913 Content within https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727929 2023-08-15 19:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727929 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727932 1. I don’t remember her ]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727932 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727950 1. LOST]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727950 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727953 The same as I am now.]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727953 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727962 1. Creative
2. School]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727962 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727973 I was just a kid who had no voice or say in life or in the world 

Identity started in middle to high school ]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727973 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727975 A blank canvas
Introducing myself to new people]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727975 Before the world told me…. https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727978 Before the world told me who to be I was a basketball prodigy. My earliest memory is being scared of a video game my brother was playing]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727978 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727995 1. Unapologetically myself. 
2. Asking about a why people are treated differently. ]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662727995 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728010 Peace of mind ]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728010 1. https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728016 I was a bold and very strong young black woman ]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728016 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728079 1. a carefree child
2. early teenage years when i started to understand social dynamics and stereotypes]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728079 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728080 1. Don’t know.
2. Indirectly in high school classes.]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728080 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728136 1. shy
2. talking about my hair type]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728136 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728148 Peace at mind]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728148 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728166 1 equal
2 watching TFC news channels]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728166 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728216 1) A toddler. After that, I was constantly being told by my parents how I had to be at school and public and all that.
2) when I was around 10 (late elementary school) and had a talk with ppl at my church about being Black in America and how we have to adapt]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728216 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728243 2. As far back as I reminder]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728243 Reflection https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728286 1.”a child of god”
2. I don’t think I really have engaging in the identity but I have walk around it]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728286 A confident, curious, happy person https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728304 Middle school ]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728304 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728306 1. Bold child with no fears
2. During covid when asian hate started]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728306 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728503 1. A child with no shame or expectations
2. In pre-dominantly black elementary school being called caucasian and not knowing what that even meant (not even caucasian I’m just light-skinned)]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728503 Artist https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728549 My earliest memory about my identity was when I was 4 years old and I thought I was white ]]> 2023-08-15 19:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728549 1) I was a kid with friends who played and laughed together. https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728562 2) I learned from a young age I did not look the same as people within my community and my mother told me it was because of my mixed heritage.]]> 2023-08-15 19:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728562 https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728660 1. Probably pretty naive, both for better and for worse
2. The first time I had a deep conversation on the topic was during a leadership camp in high school]]> 2023-08-15 19:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728660 2. https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728677 I was in elementary school and middle school]]> 2023-08-15 19:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tamarawashingtonga/b604frap8mx87ip/wish/2662728677