Today, three students and I traveled to the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor to visit campus and hear Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. If you aren't familiar with his work, check out his website here . I have to say that I chose those three students intentionally. They didn't know each other, they spanned grade levels, and they all had never been to the university. In the weeks ahead, I'm excited to continue talking to them about the experience and what we took away from Dr. Hill's speech. Here are some of the words and phrases I scribbled in my notebook: radical listening contradictions coalitions dangerous truth-telling complicating our narratives succumbing to the analysis of others paralysis of analysis act bravely obsession with remembering vs. willful forgetting unity without uniformity Dr. Hill spoke about how there is so much talking but very little listening . He talked about the need to tell the truth and how the truth can isolate you and make othe
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