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.