I titled this post new perspective for a number of reasons. My classes have been offering an enlighting experience. I am genuinely learning new things and learning to think in new ways. One the things I love about Wellesley is all the information that is available. Right now in my Peace and Justice class, we are discussing the concept of violence in ways that I have never thought about before. It’s one of the first times where I have been comfortable being confused because I know I will learn something from it.
Also since February is Black History Month (yay), there are some interesting lectures on black people, our past, present, and future mostly put on by Harambee House, the space for students of African descent at Wellesley. The first one I went to was a professor named Dr. L’ Heureux Lewis Mc-Coy. The lecture entitled “Education for Liberation ?” was about him examining the way the public school works and does not work for Black children. What the myths are and what needs to be done in order to start fixing a broken system?
He brought up a lot of points that I have never thought about. It also inspired a new interest in the education system. Though I have never attended public school, I feel that it is important that the public school system works for students. One of the reasons I didn’t attend public school was because it doesn’t and opportunities are not there for students. I hope to take an education class in the future to further develop this thinking.
Harambee also had an African Headwrapping workshop that I attended. It was really cool. I bought my first headwrap a couple months ago as a way to connect to my culture and heritage. (Though I am not very good at wrapping). I attended the workshop to learn more about the significance of it. Here are pics of me rocking one that the woman who ran the workshop did on me.
We also had a head wrapping contest in which I failed miserably. I had a lot of fun though. Second semester continuing on well. Looking forward!
Best,
Laïssa