Friday, September 23, 2011

Soiree Series partners with 100Thousand Poets for Change


"Every voice has a tune. Every heart has a beat. And the world is large enough to hold all of us side by side drumming in unison and in cacophony. But what happens in the silence? What happens in the moments when the music of daily living dies down? When we lay down our instruments of questioning, building, fighting, creating, arguing, learning, debating and developing? Do we like what rings out from us in the silence…or do we run away from it?" says Toni Stuart in an article published in the Cape Times today. The article talks about our Soirees and about I Am Somebody!

As part of the 100 Poets for Change global event taking place on Saturday September 24, I Am Somebody! hosts its next soiree entitled The Change Within, featuring poet Toni Stuart.This will be our last soiree in South Africa this year, before heading to the USA in October.


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

I Am Somebody! on The Taxi with Soli Philander

On Tuesday September 20th, from 1pm -2pm, radio host Soli Philander will talk to I Am Somebody! co-directors Nicole le Roux and Toni Stuart about the work our organisation does, on The Taxi online radio station. To listen, tune in to the The Taxi, by visiting http://thetaxi.co.za/, and click "Listen Live".
You can also follow The Taxi on Facebook

Thursday, September 8, 2011

A really big secret

Read Nicole's third blog post as part of our new program, Talking About It, where she begins to tell her story about being white:

“One day, a short blond haired blue eyed rebellious sometimes right sometimes wrong Afrikaans girl discovered a really big secret at the bottom of a dark dark pile of shit."