by Natalie Goodnow, Artistic Associate
I can’t help but brag about one of our superstar courageous leader Theatre Action Project students. When TAP Artistic Associate, Keri Boyd and I first started touring Courage in Action last year, one student, a fifth-grader at Smith Elementary at the time, blew us away. On Day 3 of Courage in Action, students engage in “simulations.” Through role play, they practice making plans and taking action to solve problems that affect their lives. The imaginary situation: a group of elementary students were trying to persuade other students to help them launch a community garden at their school. Keri and I, as “devil’s advocates” so to speak, were asking students how exactly they would take the plan, plant, and tend for this garden. One student piped up, saying “I’ll do it! I’ll plant the seeds! I’ll water the garden! And then, I can weed! I can do it all!”
I don’t know if we truly believe that a lasting transformation happens with any one person acting all by themselves, but still… We left just so wowed by her conviction, we were talking about her for weeks. Read the rest of this entry
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