Day 9: I began to talk a little bit about day nine in my last blog post so I wanted to just kind of rap that up for you guys. As I said before Sheffia had to do a radio broadcast which I was able to sit in on. It was actually really cool. We drove over to Cleveland State University where we met up with the guy named Mr. Williams who would be conducting the interview as well as some other actors in Ruined as well as the director and musical director of Ruined as well as the linguistics coah (I think that was his title). Seeing them sit and talk about why they chose the show and how it feels to be putting on such a powerful show was really moving to me. When you go to see plays and things like that very rarely to get to talk to the actors and actresses and get their perspectives and ask them about what is going on inside their head when they are up there performing. It was amazing. I guess it was because I had read the play Ruined in my gender class so it was like i knew exactly what they were talking about and it was easy to understand where all of them were coming from. Sheffia told me that she brought me along so that I could see another aspect of what she does. While she is an actress and the director of cultural education and outreach she also has to do many things like this in order to really promote and to let other people know what is going on with her as well as with Karamu.
Day 10: Day ten was what just a boring day. There really wasn't that much to do. All I did was answer and return phone calls. Continued prepping for the SPEAK performance which is actually coming up pretty soon on the 24th. That is always fun.
Day 11: Day eleven is possibly the slowest day that I have had since I've been here. I went down to the buisness office and did some more data entry and then I had to type up this proposal because Karamu is always asking for grants so one of my jobs was to type up a proposal that would be used to ask for a grant. Not the greatest job in the world but hey it definitely kept me busy for a while. The answering phones is a given. I do that all day every day no matter how busy I am or what other task I'm working on. People are always calling in regards to tons of things so one thing that I have had to do is really learn a lot of information about Karamu and their programs so that I don't always have to turn the phone call over to my sponsor or her assistant. I've actually gotten really good at it and I feel like I actually work here because my sponsor and everyone else around here treats me as such and I like that idea.
Day 12: Well day twelve is actually today. Seems like I've just been returning phone calls and setting up meetings all day. Anywho, this week is sharing week for the kids so I will be able to go and sit in on that so that should be cool. Sharing week is a time when all the kids get to show off all the things that they have been learning to their family and friends. They are all so cute so I'm excited to see them all do their thing. I still go in from time to time and help out with the Parade the Circle workshops which is always a good time. Painting and doing paper mache (if thats how you spell it) and just really having fun with the kids. This week we also have a COA performance which is a play that Karamu takes to different schools and presents to the kids. It is one that talks about the different social problems that go on in schools. I think that it is going to be a lot of fun to watch and it reminds me of Expect Respect which is a play that I actually do that does the same thing only its about teen dating violence and not social problems as a whole. I'll be getting back to you all on all of this really soon. This week should actually be a fun one.
Hope all is well with you guys. See you today for our mid project meeting :)
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