Making Waves Archive
Below is an archive of past performances and events Making Waves has participated in.
2015-16
PERFORMANCE TOPICS in 2015-2016
- It’s Just a Costume: Cultural Appropriation on Halloween
- Class Issues: Classism in College
- HU Confessions & White Space (Revisions made to include Jamar Clark)
- Why are they here?: Immigration
- Labor Laws: Wages & Working Condition Conflicts
- I’m An Adult (Self- Advocacy for Adults with Developmental and Physical Disabilities)
- Food Justice: Urban Farming on a College Campus
- Teacher’s Lounge: Faculty racism towards students
- Not My Type: Body Image
- Thanksgiving: Facing friends and family back home after experiencing a shift in values or beliefs
- Targhetto: Racism and classism in our language and geographical setting
- Religious Intolerance: A day in the life of a Muslim student
Where We've Been (2015 -2016)
Fall 2015
Pathways (1); Intro to Sociology (1); FYSEM’s (6 sections); Intro to
Sociology (1); Crime & Justice in America (1); Intro to Religion
(1); English Learners- Grad Ed (1); Labor Law-Law School (1
section); Student Workers Diversity Training (3); Making Waves Fall
Public Performance (1).
Spring 2016
Intro to Environmental Studies (1); Race, Class, and Gender (1); Woman
and Popular Culture, Socially (Ir)responsible Fashion (1); Literature
& Philosophy (1); Intro to Sociology (2); Olmstead Academy
Performance in St. Paul with ACT (1); Literacy Connections in the
Classroom -Grad Ed (1); Sexual Violence Prevention Awareness Week
(1); Making Waves Spring Public Performance (1)
- June 11th-14th 2015 | Columbia College - Chicago, IL, Pedagogy and
Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, Presentation Title: Bringing
Ferguson Home: Using Theatre of the Oppressed to Help a Community
Create Dialogue, Presenters - Carolyn Levy, Salima Seale, and Making
Waves: Social Justice Theatre Troupe
- January 14th, 2016 | Augsburg College - Minneapolis, MN,
Neighborhood Bridges - School Segregation Now, Segregation Forever?
Image Theatre Breakout Groups following the Panel Discussion at
Augsburg College, Facilitators - Carolyn Levy, Laura Mann Hill and
Making Waves members: Jenna Alstad & Nyjee Palmer
- February 14th, 2016 | Woodbury High School -Woodbury, MN, MN
Thespians Conference Workshop Title: How to start a Social Justice
Theatre in your Community? Presenters - Carolyn Levy, Laura Mann Hill,
and Making Waves member: Khadijah Pierce
- June 10th -12th, 2016 | Hamline University - St. Paul, MN The
Warehouse Project & Gallery Workshop Workshop Title: I & We
Shall Overcome: How to overcome limits and support our communities by
exploring our identities, including race, gender, sexuality, abilities,
privilege and access to resources? Presenters - Carolyn Levy, Laura Mann
Hill, and Making Waves members: Ashe Jafaaru, Tyanna Gross, Callie
Hansen, & Nyjee Palmer
- August 15 - 17th | Alice Rapoport Center for Education and
Engagement at Goodman Theatre - Chicago, IL, Pedagogy and Theatre of the
Oppressed Regional Gathering
Forum Theatre: Examining Oppressive
Systems, Exploring Concrete Options. Facilitated by Julian Boal, a
founding member of Ambata, GTO-Paris (Theatre of the Oppressed
Group–Paris), and Féminisme Enjeux. Participants - Carolyn Levy, Laura
Mann Hill and Making Waves: Social Justice Theatre Troupe