#plenary5

I loved this plenary mainly because it took me back to the end of the summer, in Livingston Student Center, listening to a presentation about microaggressions. At the time I had never even heard of the term, but i remember becoming a lot more aware of the the things that I said and thought after hearing the presenters. So this plenary was just an expansion of what I already knew. The best best part about it was that this time, I am proud to say that I had let go of many of the bad habits and terms I used to use prior hearing about microaggressions the first time. I also liked when people started to share their stories and everyone could see how different everyone’s experiences are based on race, class, gender, etc. 

It was a wonderful way to end a wonderful class. 

On Wednesday, April 27th, Knowledge In Power had it’s last plenary which was organized by the mentors. This plenary was actually my favorite(although I  didn’t agree with all sentiments shared) . The plenary was a satire of the presidential race fro 2016 and also had panel discussions that allowed students to share their stories and thoughts on certain issues. It was great to hear everyone’s story and for the most part everyone seemed to be in solidarity. As I mentioned before I didn’t agree with everything but I didn’t speak at plenary because sometimes it’s hard to voice your opinion in a crowd that is pretty much like minded. Either way the plenary was still enlightening.