Watch Night Speech by Valarie Kaur

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ONE / Watch Night Speech by Valarie Kaur

• After watching lawyer, filmmaker, and activist Valarie Kaur’s 2016 New Year Eve’s watch night speech, think about how the speaker is weaving the world with her words.
  • What stands out to you? What persuades you or doesn’t persuade you? Why?
  • Share your thoughts in a paragraph of 100-150 words.

https://www.today.com/video/what-if-this-is-not-the-darkness-of-the-tomb-but-the-darkness-of-the-womb-watch-valarie-kaur-s-speech-917892675740

TWO / Recalling Postman & Adichie

• Think back to Neil Postman’s “The Word Weavers/The World Makers.” As you move forward into your futures and professions, what encourages you or discourages you in imagining that you can weave the world with your words?
• Think back to Chimamanda Achichie’s “The Danger of a Single Story.”
  • What is a “single story” you’d like to participate in overturning in your lifetime?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Ihs241zeg&feature=emb_title

THREE / Key Course Take-Aways / Tools to Take With You

As you move onto advanced studies and/or professional work, share THREE (3) course takeaways that you think will most support your thinking and writing in the future.