| Program Type | Performance |
| Art Form | Literary Arts & Storytelling |
| Curriculum/a | Social Studies | Social and Emotional Learning | Language Arts / Literacy |
| Target Grades | High School (9th - 12th grade) | Young Adult (18 - 21 years old) |
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Testimonial
"Candid, intimate, and even funny, charging at systemic racism with a very sharp and incisive sword and coming out victorious, but not without lots of pointed questions, and enough baggage to shoulder all of them. Jafferis isn’t just painting pictures for his audience, he’s urging it to start talking about something messy and difficult, and using himself as a sort of patient zero.”
-Lucy Gellman, The Arts Paper
-Lucy Gellman, The Arts Paper
Description
In this interactive spoken word performance exploring his misadventures growing up white in Connecticut, Aaron attempts to liberate his people – as soon as he can figure out who they are! What Is Race is a solo tour-de-farce asking how race is constructed in each of us, and how to free ourselves from the power dynamics racism maintains. Pre-show consultation with students and staff allows Aaron to tailor each show to challenge and nurture each school’s specific demographics and needs. Accompanying spoken word workshops invite students to rewrite their intersecting identities to challenge racism’s story of who they are.
Objectives
Students will use humor and history to explore how and why race and racism were created.
Students will think and discuss how to undo racism in their lives and schools.
Students will learn the fundamentals of powerful spoken word, including narrative, metaphor, sound.
Students will think and discuss how to undo racism in their lives and schools.
Students will learn the fundamentals of powerful spoken word, including narrative, metaphor, sound.
Pricing Information
$735 single performance
$1,100 back to back performances
$1,100 back to back performances
Video
Program Length
45-75 minutes
Participants
Maximum audience size 500, but the more intimate the better!
Technical Specifications
microphone, music stand