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For the MDG’s & You course, Me (JM) and my partner AH, had to write a poem on the topic of MDG 4 (child mortality) or MDG 6 (Combat AIDS/HIV). We chose to write on the topic of MDG 6 indicatior 6.3 (Proportion of population aged 15 – 24 years with comprehensive correct knowledge of Read More…

In our counter culture class we learned about identifying key elements that define the two different countercultures and investigate how different cultures influenced them.  For our second action project we wrote a poem about what we hoped a future utopia would looked like. This poem was more difficult that the first because I had trouble starting the Read More…

For our second poem in CounteRculture, we  were tasked with creating a poem about a future utopia. I found this a hard poem to write because I don’t really believe in the idea of a utopia. Because of this, I wrote a poem about someone I could imagine as a global or cultural conscience. That Read More…

In the second unit of our Countercultures class we had to write and perform a poem about a future utopia. That was the only information given to us and the rest was up to our imagination. I wanted to create something as original as possible because I knew that everyone will likely touch on some Read More…

For our first action project, we were told to write a poem that would “shout out” to someone. Someone we wanted to get a message to. As I have been reading a lot of feminist literature, especially books about rape culture, I really wanted to shoutout to the world about my opinions of the way Read More…

In my Counter Culture class we discussed the meaning of a shout-out/invocation poem. A shout-out poem is a poem in which the poet usually calls to and appreciates a person, place or thing. Most of these poems relate to the people who go against or are not “normal”. They speak about the forgotten, unappreciated or Read More…

Yesterday, the GCE “Citi Zens” had their 1st bout on the Louder than a Bomb event in Chicago, the biggest poetry slam in the world. It is the first time GCE joins the event and we are so inspired and thrilled about it! By the way, we got a few TENS! 🙂 Watch our group Read More…

Our ‘Education in 8 Movements’ (Integrated English-History) class studied “Enrichment” as a post-secondary learning option. We examined how motivation, interest and personalized skills really help contribute to an individual success. While studying how we learn, our class took an edutopia.org survey that revealed I’m primarily a visual learner. I’ve enjoyed learning in this manner. My Read More…

During Global RAP, I created a poem that was inspired by the nature of water. The elements of the poem include: translations of a Toulouse-Lautrec painting and an original painting I made, a shape that reflects the shape of water, and consonant sounds. I attempted to incorporate an element of melody in the poem; however, Read More…

Reggae By: GL on PhotoPeach For my rhythm I chose reggae, I knew a decent amount about this organic island sound and I just wanted to learn more. Reggae has a lot of natural beats and unique vocals which produces a profound sounding genre. I tried to figure out the 5 elements of Reggae and Read More…