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[tglenn2016]

Here are some pictures from when it was sunny outside. I let the residents of Graves Hall use some of my equipment and equipment from OHRL to play some touch football, ultimate Frisbee, as well as a solid game of kickball.

[aphiladelphianegro]

"Lessons From Mays"

Tuesday February 18th, marked the first installment of the “Lessons From Mays” book club and discussion group of Benjamin E. Mays’ autobiography Born to Rebel. The purpose of the book club is to inform residents about the legacy of one the most influential educators of the 20th century. Additionally, my vision is that we will be able to analyze, critique, and gain a better understanding of Morehouse College and it’s rich history.

For our first session we were joined by Professor of Philosophy Dr. Illya Davis. In Dr. Davis’ opening statement he immediately takes Mays and his legacy and brings it to ground level stating “We have to first analyze what type of literary work this is. It isn’t the most articulate book. Rather than paying attention to what he says, we have to pay attention to what Mays doesn’t say.” Dr. Davis would continue, emphasizing that we not place Mays on a pedestal, which in turn would not allow us to effectively analyze the book. Dr. Davis didn’t limit his discussion to Mays’ autobiography conversely he extrapolated the discussion to topics such as masculinity, feminism, race politics and more. In sum, the first session set the tone for our discussion and reading moving forward.

The next session will be held on Monday February 24th, and we will be joined by Professor of Sociology Dr. Mansa King.

[aphiladelphianegro]

On Thursday, October 17th Corey Gillis and I sponsored a Yoga session led by Yoga instructor, Natasha.  Through this Yoga program, we learned a substantial amount about the origins of yoga, the importance of developing a disciplined mind, and the benefits of yoga in daily life.  The video features LLC resident Jingwa speaking on his experience doing Yoga.  

[aphiladelphianegro]

Resident, Jayson O. speaking on the program "Watch The Throne"

[aphiladelphianegro]

Saturday, March 23rd, Marcus Elmore and I presented our program entitled "Started From the Bottom now we...Still Here" The title of the program was inspired by Drake's popular song "Started from the Bottom" which eludes to him started from the bottom the socioeconomic ladder and making it to the top.  The purpose of this program was to explore Social Inequality in society.  To illustrate Social Inequality we created a life sized game board in Archer Hall.  The game board consisted of 3 lanes, representative of the lowest social class, the middle class, and the upper class. Participants were challenged to navigate the lanes given their socioeconomic status.  In the lower classes participants were given less chances to achieve upward social mobility, thus making it more difficult to climb the social ladder.  After completing the game board we concluded with a post discussion led by Dr. Hodge. 

[marksmithra-blog]

A photo with a couple of my residents  Tre'vell and I went to Atlantic Stations Movie Theater to watch the new Halle Berry Movie "The Call".

We had two different cars, this was the car i rode in but in total it was 9 residents who joined us for this outing. Most of them residents from our third floor which Tre'vell and I serve on. 

The guys really enjoyed this time with us, these are moments truly to be cherished.