Hartford - Insurance capital of the world
A short visit to Hartford, CT. Old State House, Wadsworth Museum of Art, Connecticut State Capitol.
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Jennifer: Making Maps
Jennifer Brooks, landscape architect at Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, continues her investigation into Hartford, Connecticut. In this installment she explains the specially made maps that reveal new facts about the urban landscape.
Fortnight Journal: Edition IV
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Traveling Through Time
Science On Screen® brings you to Real Art Ways in Hartford, CT for a screening of How to Build a Time Machine.
About the Speaker
Dr. Ron Mallett received his BS, MS, and PhD in physics from Pennsylvania State University. He worked for United Technologies from 1973–5, and in 1975 joined the physics faculty at the University of Connecticut in Storrs where he is currently Research Professor of Physics. In November 2015, Dr. Mallett joined the World Patent Marketing Advisory Board. He has published numerous papers on black holes and cosmology in professional journals. His breakthrough research on time travel has been featured extensively in the media around the world, including print media such as New Scientist, The Village Voice, The Boston Globe, The Hartford Courant, Rolling Stone magazine, Smith Journal, and The Wall Street Journal, and broadcast media such as NPR’s This American Life, the History Channel, the National Geographic Channel, the Science Channel, ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today Show, and CNN.
Dr. Mallett appears in the feature-length documentary How to Build a Time Machine, and in October 2016, he gave a TED talk on time travel in Vienna, Austria. Dr. Mallett’s recently published memoir Time Traveler: A Scientist’s Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality has been translated into Korean, Chinese, and Japanese.
Leading The Change In A Movement
Kristina Newman Scott
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Kristina Newman-Scott is the newly appointed President of BRIC, a 40-year-old multi-disciplinary arts and media organization in Brooklyn, New York and a major incubator and presenter of Brooklyn artists and media-makers.
She is the first immigrant and first woman of color to serve in this position. Previously, Newman-Scott served as the Director of Culture and State Historic Preservation Officer for the State of Connecticut; Director of Marketing, Events and Cultural Affairs for the City of Hartford; Director of Programs at the Boston Center for the Arts; and Director of Visual Arts at Hartford's Real Art Ways.
Ms. Newman-Scott’s awards and recognitions include being a National Arts Strategies Creative Community Fellow, A Hive Global Leadership Selectee and a Next City Urban Vanguard. In 2018, Americans for the Arts, presented Kristina with the Selina Roberts Ottum Award which recognizes an individual working in arts management who exemplifies extraordinary leadership qualities. She has been a TEDx speaker, guest lecturer, visiting curator and featured presenter across the United States and Internationally.
Kristina currently serves on the Boards of the New England Foundation for the Arts, National Arts Strategies and Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. Ms. Newman-Scott was a visual artist, creative strategies consultant and a television and radio producer in Jamaica, where she was born and raised. She became a U.S. citizen in 2013 and currently resides in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.
In this episode, we discuss:
How taking a small opportunity can lead to great things The relationship of arts and government How culture outpaces brand Challenges of being a female leader Leadership is not about common sense Why the arts is not just about culture Bric in a new decade
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What is fi yu cyan un fi yu | Kristina Newman-Scott | TEDxSMU
My unexpected journey from painting student at Edna Manley College in Jamaica, to Director of Culture for the State of Connecticut.
Kristina Newman-Scott is the Director of Culture for the State of Connecticut where she oversees all aspects of the state’s programs and services related to art, culture and historic preservation. Prior to this role, Newman-Scott served as Director of Marketing, Events and Cultural Affairs for the City of Hartford, the Director of Programs at the Boston Center for the Arts and Director of Visual Arts at Hartford's Real Art Ways.
Newman-Scott was a visual artist, arts consultant and popular television/radio personality in Jamaica, where she was born and raised. She became a citizen of this country in 2013 and resides in Hartford with her husband Gordon and their five year old daughter.
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National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks about the importance of arts and humanities programs as 15 programs across the country receive awards for fostering the creative and intellectual development of American youth. October 20, 2010.
Hartford, Connecticut | Wikipedia audio article
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Hartford, Connecticut
00:01:41 1 History
00:02:10 1.1 Colonial Hartford
00:05:22 1.2 19th century
00:05:51 1.2.1 Political turmoil
00:07:08 1.2.2 Industrialization and the Colt legacy
00:13:11 1.2.3 Rise of a major manufacturing center
00:17:18 1.3 20th century
00:19:19 1.4 21st century
00:20:18 2 Geography
00:21:23 3 Climate
00:23:58 4 Demographics
00:27:03 5 Government
00:28:09 5.1 City council
00:28:18 5.2 Emergency services
00:29:08 6 Neighborhoods
00:31:24 7 Economy
00:33:36 8 Media
00:34:56 9 Education
00:35:05 9.1 Colleges and universities
00:36:13 9.2 Primary and secondary education
00:37:34 10 Transportation
00:37:43 10.1 Highways
00:39:52 10.2 Rail
00:40:37 10.3 Airports
00:41:32 10.4 Bus
00:43:17 10.5 Bicycle
00:44:14 11 Culture
00:44:23 11.1 Cuisine
00:46:50 11.2 Points of interest
00:55:20 11.3 Parades
00:56:06 12 Sports
00:57:02 12.1 Former teams
00:58:04 13 Recent developments
01:04:07 14 Notable people
01:07:42 15 Sister cities
01:07:56 16 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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Hartford is the capital city of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. The city is nicknamed the Insurance Capital of the World, as it hosts many insurance company headquarters and is the region's major industry. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford area of Connecticut.
Hartford was founded in 1635 and is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the nation's oldest public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper (the Hartford Courant), and the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public High School). It also is home to Trinity College, a private liberal arts college, and the Mark Twain House where the author wrote his most famous works and raised his family, among other historically significant attractions. Mark Twain wrote in 1868, Of all the beautiful towns it has been my fortune to see this is the chief.
Hartford was the richest city in the United States for several decades following the American Civil War. Today, it is one of the poorest cities in the nation, with 3 out of every 10 families living below the poverty threshold. In sharp contrast, the Greater Hartford metropolitan area is ranked 32nd of 318 metropolitan areas in total economic production and 8th out of 280 metropolitan statistical areas in per capita income.Census estimates since the 2010 United States Census have indicated that Hartford is the fourth-largest city in Connecticut, behind the coastal cities of Bridgeport, New Haven, and Stamford.
Learn the 50 US State Capitals and 50 State Abbreviations | 50 States Song
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An educational rap song with rhyme for learning all 50 States and 50 Capitals by Rhythm, Rhyme, Results. Includes lyrics
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This song helps you memorize all 50 US states and capitals in alphabetical order! After memorizing this song and using the worksheets on our site, you'll be able to name the 50 state capitals and their abbreviations.
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Verse I
Listing capitals is so much for for me
In Alabama, you've got Montgomery
and in Alaska, you know Juneau's the boss
Phoenix in Arizona; Little Rock in Arkansas
In California, we've got Sacramento
Then we go to Denver out in in Colorado
Hartford, Connecticut; Dover, Deleware;
Listing all the state capitals everywhere because...
Chorus
50 states got 50 state capitals
All around the country, man, it's transnational
Trying to list them all might sound irrational
But, you gotta start somewhere
Verse II
Down in Florida, we got Tallahassee
Atlanta in Georgia; Honolulu, Hawaii;
Boise, Idaho; I don't know the next one
Capital of Illinois? Springfield's the correct one
Indianapolis, Indiana; Des Moines, Iowa
And then Topeka down in Kansas
Frankfort, Kentucky; then Louisiana's got Baton Rouge
And we keep running through all the...
Chorus
50 states got 50 state capitals
All around the country, man, it's transnational
Trying to list them all might sound irrational
But, you gotta start somewhere
Verse III
August, Maine; Annapolis, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts and Lansing, Michigan
St. Paul, Minnesota then Jackson, Mississippi
Then in Missouri it's Jefferson City
Helena, the capital of Montana
Lincoln, Nebraska; Carson City, Nevada
Concord, New Hampshire; Trenton, NJ
Then down in New Mexico we've got Sante Fe
In New York, we're talking about Albany
Then Raleigh, NC; Bismarck, ND
In Ohio, Columbus leads the way
Then Oklahoma City in the state of OK!
And Salem is the capital of Oregon
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; let's keep it moving on
Next is Providence in Rhode Island
Then Columbia down in South Carolina
Chorus
50 states got 50 state capitals
All around the country, man, it's transnational
Trying to list them all might sound irrational
But, you gotta start somewhere
Verse IV
Pierre, SD; Nashville, Tennessee;
Austin, Texas; Salt Lake City, UT
Montpelier, Vermont; Richmond in Virginia
The state of Washington with the city of Olympia
Charleston, West Virginia; we're almost done
Wisconsin's capital: you know it's Madison, then
a city in Wyoming that's called Cheyenne
But let's let the chorus come 'round again, it goes...
Chorus
50 states got 50 state capitals
All around the country, man, it's transnational
Trying to list them all might sound irrational
But, you gotta start somewhere
Business Opportunities in Waterbury Connecticut - Mayor O'Leary
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
There are many positive developments in Waterbury CT these days. We are continuing to advance our economic development strategy with public and private investments that are producing solid returns. This is evidenced by many new businesses coming to Waterbury, creating hundreds of new jobs.
The years 2014 and 2015, so far, have seen the establishment of 20 new businesses and 1,035 new jobs through the direct involvement of our Economic Development Team. And more than 15 businesses have expanded, creating an additional 100 jobs, and we already have several new companies accounting for 800 jobs that have committed with letters of intent for 2015.
That’s nearly 2,000 new jobs. And there’s more.
For the first time, small independent restaurants in the Waterbury area will have access to the highest quality and freshest foods that restaurateurs nationwide have been enjoying for years with the opening of Restaurant Depot. CarMax, the used-car giant, has chosen Waterbury as a location that fits into its current growth plan and has received first local approval needed to construct a facility. Additionally, one of the largest independent propane retailers in the Northeast – Paraco Gas – plans to expand into Waterbury.
Why are these companies choosing Waterbury?
Our City is strategically located at the junction of Interstate 84 and Route 8. We are just two hours from Boston, 90 minutes from New York City and a 30-minute commute to Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven and Danbury. We have a skilled workforce that combines an old-fashioned New England work ethic with state-of-the-art training in the latest technology.
Among our new businesses are a good cross mix of manufacturing, retail, restaurant and professional enterprises, allowing for continued expansion and diversification within the City’s employment base. The retail sales strength of our City starts with a population that exceeds 110,000 and continues with the strong demographics of affluent neighboring communities that depend on our retail base for goods and services.
One Waterbury success story is the Texas Roadhouse, a restaurant that opened last year on Reidville Drive. The typical wait for a table on a weekend night can be 45 minutes or longer because of this family establishment’s growing popularity. The Texas Roadhouse in Waterbury has fast become one of the top-performing stores in a nationwide chain of more than 400 restaurants.
Another Waterbury highlight is the commitment from King Industries Inc., of Norwalk, Conn., to construct a state-of-the-art manufacturing complex that will provide an estimated 180 jobs and, upon completion, provide for up to 200 full-time manufacturing jobs. King Industries is building on 10 acres of a Brownfield industrial-use property the City acquired, remediated and sold to them at an extremely competitive price. King Industries is constructing an 80,000-square-foot industrial manufacturing complex – an investment of more than $50 million in Waterbury.
Waterbury remains the state’s leader in Brownfields identification and redevelopment. And we recently learned the Workforce Investment Board’s Brownfield Job Training Program will be featured as a Case Study in a federal EPA publication on the Nova Dye and WIC projects for job placement. The publication will be released at the EPA’s Brownfield Conference in September 2015 in Chicago.
In 2014, Waterbury was the recipient of the historic TIGER Grant. This $19 million project is a game-changer for our City in so many ways. With plans already underway to improve the Waterbury rail branch, this project will enhance mass transit in our City while highlighting the beauty and viability of our downtown. The TIGER Grant and the rollout of Waterbury NEXT will transform our City. Waterbury NEXT represents an almost $20 Million public-private investment in revitalizing our downtown. These projects are part of Governor Dannel Malloy’s overall commitment to investing in housing, jobs and economic development to revitalize cities and downtowns across the state.
The bottom line, as Mayor Neil M. O’Leary often says, is that “Waterbury is open for business.”
Stacked cargo containers in New Haven's LEGO apartments
Christian Salvati of Marengo Structures thinks shipping containers make great building blocks, and in time, he hopes it will become an affordable and quick method of building homes.
As full-scale R&D, in 2012, he built Connecticut’s first shipping container homes: a two-story duplex built from six containers. Two years later, he stacked higher using 27 containers to build a 6-unit apartment complex he hopes to rent to students in the New Haven area (the building is wedged between Yale and University of New Haven).
While containers are uniform, modular and easily sourced (Salivati buys from a depot in Newark, NJ), the building process is still slower and more expensive than it should be given the lack of codes for this type of building.
Salvati thinks that by sharing information, architects and builders can help improve both zoning issues and the currently steep learning curve that prevents containers from becoming a more universal modular alternative.
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Transgender people from CT can change their birth certificate. We talked to someone who did
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Did you know that transgender people from Connecticut can change the information on their birth certificates?
Transgender rights are an increasingly mainstream topic in the United States. However, the transgender experience is frequently more complex than its portrayal in the media. We spoke with Garrett Garborcauskas, a scientist born and raised in Connecticut, who is also a transgender man. He sat down with Mieum Media to explain explain his experience concerning an oft-overlooked issue: altering birth certificates.
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#1: H.B. No. 7006 AN ACT CONCERNING BIRTH CERTIFICATE AMENDMENTS. Connecticut General Assembly, 23 June 2015, cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB07006&which_year=2015. Accessed 5 May 2019.
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Artist-in-Residence Welcome Event: Ocean Vuong
“What is a country but a borderless sentence, a life?…What is a country but a life sentence?” asks Little Dog, the narrator of Ocean Vuong’s highly anticipated, critically acclaimed debut novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin Press, 2019). On Wednesday, October 2, the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU was honored to welcome award-winning writer and poet Vuong as its 2019-20 Artist-in-Residence.
Vuong read from his breathtaking novel—a letter from a son to his mother that reveals the intergenerational impact and ongoing haunting of war, violence, and forced displacement. He was joined in conversation by friends and special guests Mahogany L. Browne (Black Girl Magic), Alexander Chee (How to Write an Autobiographical Novel), Monica Sok (A Nail the Evening Hangs On), and NYU Gallatin professor Sinan Antoon (The Book of Collateral Damage).
Learn more at apa.nyu.edu.
Hartford BoomBap- 2 J's vs. Basement Crew
UConn Breakdancing
Jason D.Harris and Ron Vince - Trayvon Martin ( No More Guns )
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Trayvon Martin - No More Guns
The writing of this song Trayvon Martin -No More Guns was inspired by the deep gravity of this incident which affected us all. We as musicians and writers felt the need to ask pointed and appropriate questions so that we can all grow as we move forward. When President Obama described many of the same experiences he had as a young African American which were so similar to Trayvons, it only gave us more reason to bring this song forward.....
The JBlingCity Band
“The Inspirational Experience”
Jason D. Harris & Ron Vince
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The JBlingCity Band was founded in August 2013 when Jason Harris, aka JBling approached Ron Vince. Mr. Vince is an accomplished Violinist/Keyboardist. Jason had been looking for another talented musician to collaborate and write original music with. In a short period of time they both agreed that this partnership would be special. Thus the band was created !
JBlingCity’s innovative style of music focuses on being inspirational, diverse, uplifting, creative, different, positive, respectful, accepting, non-judgmental, and non violent. We are seeking to transform the image of hip hop, and the ways in which hip hop has gotten a bad name. We feel our out of the box thinking and direction will accomplish these goals. All of our music is co-written and co-produced by Jason Harris and Ron Vince. Neither of us believe that using profanity, focusing on violence and disrespecting women is the way to go… Instead, we choose the high road with our inspirational brand. This music is fully orchestrated, complex and mind provoking. Jason is the Frontman for the group. Ron Vince is the Electric Violinist/Keyboardist, in the group. In September 2015, The JBlingCity Band met music consultant Glenn Friedman - Chief Executive Officer of The Music Umbrella - Santa Monica, California USA who embraced our music and “Really Got It!! ” We signed our first big deal in mid October 2015, which was a record distribution deal in Asia with Higgs Music. The countries included are China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. In December 2015, we signed a distribution deal in North America (USA, Canada, and Mexico) In 2016, we signed a distribution deal through Horus Music in United Kingdom. Our North American deal was signed through TC Thompkins, Thompkins Media Group. TC Thompkins promoted Michael Jackson for 6 years (5 Albums -including Thriller, Off The Wall and the Victory Album) making “Thriller the largest selling CD in history!” The rest of the World will follow……
Jason Demetrius Harris (born November 23, 1985), better known by his stage name JBling or J.Harris, is an American inspirational rapper, record producer, fine artist, and musician. His music stems from soul, jazz, blues, hip-hop, orchestral & spiritual music. He performs as the frontman of the fully orchestrated hip hop band, The JBlingCity Band under his real name. Jason is the co-owner of The JBlingCity Band along with Ron Vince.
Raised in St.Louis Missouri, USA. Jason developed an interest in hip hop music. He disliked the ongoing deterioration of the genre. He grew up with a spiritual background experience working with choir and quartet singers and local musicians at the Celestial Temple of Peace in St.Louis, Missouri. After being tagged with the name JBling and recording songs in his parents kitchen and basement with FL Studio, Hammer Head Rhythm 14-year-old Jason joined a group called Critical in 1999. In 2005 he launched his first production company Main Attraction Muzik. Jason earned his BFA in Digital Film New Media from Kansas City Art Institute in 2009. He earned an MFA in Electronic Music Recording Media in 2011 from Mills College in Oakland, California. In 2008 JBling toured the east coast of the United States as a Hype Man Rap Artist with Will Gray.
Ron Vince, Electric Violinist/ Keyboardist is a St. Louis area musician. He is a former instructor of Violin at Washington and Webster Universities in St. Louis and a former substitute Violinist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Ron is a prior Concertmaster of the Municipal Opera Company of St. Louis (Muny Opera) and plays frequently as the Concertmaster of the Fox Theatre Orchestra St.Louis, Missouri.
However, Ron Vince is not only a classical Violinist/ Keyboardist. His modern offerings are infused with passion, radical stylings, and a dash of utter chaos. His unique melodies appeal to all music lovers. Ron and Jason are co-writers and co-producers of the music of The JBlingCity Band.
Ron’s Professional Resume
Performed With
St.Louis Symphony
Memphis Symphony
Hartford Connecticut Symphony
Pope John Paul II
Luciano Pavarotti
Smokey Robinson
Harry Connick Jr.
Roberta Peters
Led Zeppelin
Styx
Moody Blues
Wayne Newton
Tony Bennett
and many others . . .
Are The Words Muslim & Terrorist Interchangeable? - Anisa's Amazing Poem LOOK AT ME
Every day I have to sit by and listen to my friends discussing their opposing views on the recent controversial news (Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris, France), they speak about bombings, one after the other...and I'm forced to sit there and listened to each sharp painful words, not because I'm afraid to speak my mind but because I'm afraid of the consequences...
And I might not wear a scarf on my head, but I wear this burden that lies in my heart. To forever be bystander to these poisons words, not directed to me, but still directed at me! My friend said, Anisa: don't worry, we're not talking about you, we're talking about Muslims in general, but that doesn't include you! But what is that supposed to mean? That I'm not Muslim? I get that I don't look like one, but I pray and I fast and I have my peace. They are no real or fake Muslims.
So tell me this now, why do people seems to think that the words Muslim and the word terrorist are interchangeable?
...instead they want my view as one of them. Let's see I AM NOT ONE OF THEM, I'm just a Muslim...
What do I have to do to be accepted? Change my beliefs or how I believe them? You see that's not how it is supposed to be in this Land of Opportunity. I'm not supposed to change who I am but how you look at me.
So look at me! Look at me!! What do you see?
Please take a moment to listen to this powerful & moving spoken words poem by Anisa during a concert commemorating Black History Month at the Engineering & Science University Magnet School in New Haven, Connecticut on February 10, 2015.
Unfortunately Puan Shima got there a little late so she missed & wasn't able to videotape the first minute or so of this incredibly powerful and moving poem. So please read her FULL POEM text below:
“LOOK AT ME”
Performed at MLK Day Open Mic @ Peabody Museum, ESUMS STEAM Night
Look at me,
What do you see?
An Asian girl, obviously,
Standing up here with a poem to read.
But what you probably don’t see
Is I’m much more than that
And so much more that I’ve yet to be.
Every day I have to sit by and listen to
My friends discuss their opposing views
On the recent, controversial news.
They speak about bombings,
One after the other,
As if they’ve been accustomed to them.
They speak about the bombers,
And where they’re from,
And why they did what they did.
How if they are killing because they believe it is right,
Then they have no right to believe at all.
And I’m forced to sit there and listen,
To each sharp, painful word
Not because I am afraid
To speak my mind,
But because I am afraid of the consequences.
And not because I am afraid
To say what I want to say,
But because I believe that
Everyone has a right to voice their opinion,
Even if I disagree.
And I might not wear a scarf on my head,
But I wear this burden that lies in my heart.
To forever be a bystander to these poisonous words
Not directed to me,
But still directed at me.
My friends say, “Anisa,
Don’t worry. We aren’t talking about you.
We’re talking about Muslims in general,
But that doesn’t include you.”
But I mean,
What is that supposed to mean?
That I am not a Muslim?
I get that I don’t look like one,
But I pray and I fast and I have my beliefs.
There are no “real” or “fake” Muslims,
There are no “supposed-to-be”s.
It seems that what people don’t realize
Is how much it hurts to be set apart from something
That you’re so very much a part of.
So what does that mean?
I mean, you still aren’t talking about me.
See, you are talking about terrorists,
And yeah, that doesn’t include me.
So tell me this now,
Why do people seem to think
That the word “Muslim” and the word “terrorist”
Are interchangeable?
They are not one and the same
They are different in so many ways.
And yet similar
In today’s society.
One is bad, the other’s worse.
Neither should be accepted.
And the media and the economy
Make it impossible to forget it.
And there have been countless instances
When I have been asked in class
To share my view on the recent attacks.
My answer would always be,
“Well, they’re really bad.”
And then the teacher would say,
“Oh, I didn’t mean that.”
Instead, they’d mean they wanted my view
As “one of them.”
But see, I am not one of them.
I’m just Muslim.
And this makes me wonder sometimes.
What do I have to do to be accepted?
Change my beliefs or how I believe them?
But see, that’s not how it’s supposed to work
In this Land of Opportunity.
I’m not supposed to change who I am,
But how you look at me.
So… look at me.
Look at me.
What do you see?
An Asian girl, obviously.
Standing here with a poem to read.
But in case you didn’t know,
I am so much more than that.
That I have yet to show.
50 States Song/50 States and Capitals Song for Kids
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Luis Gutierrez talking about Immigration Reform in San Diego
Never before we saw Congressman Gutierrez so fired up about an issue like that Saturday March 16th there was such a great energy
Entrevista al congresista Luis Gutiérrez desde Hartford, CT
El congresista Luis V. Gutiérrez nos habla acerca de su nuevo libro No he dejado de Soñar. Gutiérrez estuvo de visita en la ciudad de Hartford, CT el viernes 8 de noviembre.
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Entrevista Luis Gutierrez Congresista por Raul Aguirre Apoyo a Raul Grijalva 10/12/2012
Entrevista Luis Gutiérrez Congresista por Raúl Aguirre Apoyo a Raúl Grijalva Tucson Arizona 10/12/2012