Thursday, April 01, 2004

DYNAMIC

Sonia Sanchez spoke at chapel yesterday. I wish she was commencement speaker, but that's another subject. When I saw her, I saw her poems. I could see the radicalism (is that a word?) in her appearance, but when she spoke, she seemed so peaceful. I don't think she was advocating violence, but she just has a calming spirit. Her words just flowed. She never yelled, but you could see the passion in her eyes and hear it in her voice. She's mesmerizing. I couldn't help but listen to her. She seems down to earth, too. When told everyone she was an AKA, she said it with such conviction. You can tell she is proud of her sorority. When she talked to us afterwards, she told us to remember the principles we were founded upon and remember that AKA sets the precedence for everyone on the campus. :) She said we are supposed to be the leaders, just be pretty while leading. Ha! She's cool. She challenged us to not speak evil against anyone for an entire week. That may be a little difficult, but she gave us her number and told us to call her if we could do it. I don't know too many people in her situation who will just go around giving out their telephone numbers. She was pretty cool. The poems she read were good, too. What I liked most is how she just rattles off names of important black people. Her love for her race runs deep. She wasn't prejudiced though. She talked about helping Latinos and Japenese Americans, gays and lesbians, too. She seems like she just loves people, people in general. It's hard to find people like her these days. I was really awed by this woman. I really liked her.
Posted by Nik :: 4/01/2004 :: 0 Comments:

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