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DocuSign Envelope ID: CF1E5821-41D3-41 CA-BE86-7063BD8D1470 <br /> Explain that spoken word is a tool that we can use to tell our story and dispel some <br /> of the assumptions people make about us by speaking from our own unique places <br /> below the surface. <br /> • Watch George Yamazawa Jr.'s poem 10 Things You Should Know About Being An <br /> Asian from the South and/or read Patricia Smith's What It's Like to Be a Black Girl <br /> (for those of you who aren't) as models. Then, tell participants that they will be !r <br /> writing a list poem just like Yamazawa's based on a unique identity or perspective <br /> they hold and utilizing the list poem format (10 numbers in this case). Have them <br /> Y g P ( ) <br /> start by taking a few minutes to develop their title, which will be "10 Things You <br /> Should Know About Being ", filling in the blank with this unique identity. Ask <br /> them to be as specific as possible (Yamazawa's poem is not about simply being an <br /> immigrant, or about being Asian, but about being "Asian in the South," which is a <br /> much more unique and specific perspective). <br /> • Have participants write for 20 minutes <br /> • Sharing <br /> I2 <br /> is <br />