There is a lot of history buried in Chicago that I still have yet to discover.

Jamila Woods

Categorized in : Discover Still History Chicago

I'm interested in figuring out what freedom songs would sound like in 2016.

songs like freedom sound

My hope is that 'Blk Girl Soldier' is a freedom song for black women today who are fighting the macro- and microaggressions of daily life in our city/country/world.

women freedom hope life

I don't sound like other people. My voice isn't as loud and can't do certain things athletically.

things voice sound people

My mentor made me say a poem over and over. 'Stop! That's not your voice. Start again.' I was sobbing by the end, but it drilled into my head that my voice is important.

end start me voice

Part of our pedagogy is, you report on what's going on in your neighborhood and your city.

going your city you