This week at Hyde Park we discussed calls to action and what it means to push for changes large and small. These young men brought their grievances and visions to the table, confronting everything from AI to processing emotions, for us to hear. Here are some of those calls.
Ms. Gholston
“The PC” Poetry Club
“Calling All Artists“
by Kendall W.
My skin says
I am black.
My DNA says
I am the son of my parents.
My pure skills show that
I am the best badminton player to step foot here.
My ego and will say
I am a striker and the best player on my team.
But above all that my talents say
I am an artist.
Pure hard work with my human hands
can go a long way without any AI.
Calling all artists to band together to
take on these AI’s who can’t even make a
hand without duplicating a finger or two.
“Call to Action?”
by Davion D.
let’s call to action on these emotions
and how they can fill the sky and the
ocean But if you can’t control them they will
ruin your life they will cause you
to crash out at the smallest thing
like a dime We need to talk and not keep our emotions
bottled up
“Call to Action”
Javion C.
Dear black community can we
please stop belittling each other
because we have different goals.
Can we please stop the hate
along with the self-hatred. Can
we please stop taking lives
because we feel like there’s no
choice. How about we uplift
one another and motivate each
other. Recognize our differences
and release the shackles of
our confinement.
