Phase I · 15 minutes · Arrival
Before we begin, we breathe.
This curriculum holds two texts side by side — a speech and a play — and asks you to bring a third: your own life. Nothing you write here is collected. Nothing you say is required. You are the author of what you share.
A trauma-informed note
The work ahead names violence directly — historical, structural, intimate. You may step out, take silence, or write nothing. Pseudonyms are welcome. There is no grade for grief.
"We do not have to live as if we are alone."— Toni Morrison
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Session Roadmap
PHASE I
Opener
15 min
PHASE II
Obama Speech
20 min
PHASE III
Policy → Violence
30 min
PHASE IV
Family Chapters
25 min
PHASE V
Poem & Circle
10 min
The central question
What does it mean to inherit a story we did not write — and to write the next page anyway?
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Meet the People of the Play
Five voices. One room. A century pressed into a single evening.
Click any card to enter their world.
Phase I of V