https://padlet.com/schwartzj7/jjgkrjf9srwl en-us 2019-05-09 01:18:42 UTC 2019-05-09 23:11:55 UTC hello@padlet.com schwartzj7 https://padlet.com/schwartzj7/jjgkrjf9srwl/wish/358692709  To be honest I had little prior knowledge of Ella Baker before attending the campus event. I knew that she was an influential organizer and was once instrumental in the civil rights movement and others like it. ]]> 2019-05-09 22:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/schwartzj7/jjgkrjf9srwl/wish/358692709 schwartzj7 https://padlet.com/schwartzj7/jjgkrjf9srwl/wish/358692992 The speakers Akiba and Kenra elaborated on how their lives operate as activists. I believe it was Kenra who talked about her six year old daughter's activism efforts. She mentioned how she explains things like white supremacy to her daughter and then gives her space with that information so she can digest it. This is super important so we can learn to not just teach children about proper morality and systematic oppression, but also help them develop their own ideas and actions based around these concepts. She explained how her daughter actually organized a protest against Trump in her school, getting other children to chant "Donald Trump has no friends, Donald Trump smells like eggs!"
I also learned the importance of self care in the context of activism. When asked "How do you deal with the rage," the speakers began listing things that help keep them calm such as meditation and music. When Akiba began speaking about the music she uses to reminisce and calm down, she made a connection to how that music relates to her culture and in turn inspires her to do more activism work. I lastly learned about why I had heard so little of Ella Baker. Ella Baker was instrumental in a few different movements, but she usually played the background. I think this is an extraordinary example to look up to, especially coming from a generation that is arguably saturated by glamour driven activists. This helps us to keep focused on the true goal. ]]> 2019-05-09 22:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/schwartzj7/jjgkrjf9srwl/wish/358692992 schwartzj7 https://padlet.com/schwartzj7/jjgkrjf9srwl/wish/358694611 This event can be drawn to our class in many different ways. For one, the speakers explaining how they functioned in their activism based lives help us to understand the day to day lifestyle of an activist, almost like what was portrayed in the movie about the Hot N' Crusty workers. Another connection can be drawn in the idea of intersectionality. The speakers touched upon this explaining how misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia are white supremacies "little helpers."
Also considering the civil rights and Black rights roots of the speakers' and Ella Bakers' activism, a connection can be drawn there especially to the movie 13. The movie showed why subtle forms of racism lead into a negative portrayal, and eventually a systematic oppression of Blacks in America.  ]]> 2019-05-09 23:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/schwartzj7/jjgkrjf9srwl/wish/358694611