Fast Facts:
- B.A. in International Studies; B.Ed. in Secondary Education and Teaching
- Active in GSP from 2021-2023
- NGO partner: Apne Aap Women’s Collective
- Served as a CG Facilitator
Congratulations to Sarah, who graduated in May! During the past academic year, Sarah has remained an active alum community member. She performed her original spoken word pieces at the GSP Culture Show and, building on her extensive work in prison reform/abolition, she assisted the Dialogue Facilitators in facilitating a dialogue on the annual Prison Creative Arts Art Exhibition of incarcerated artists.
For Sarah, GSP affirmed the value working together. She reflects, "I think we live in a society where it is ingrained in us that ‘we don’t owe anyone anything’, we are indoctrinated into this idea of an individualistic utopia where if we all work hard, put our heads down, and ignore our neighbor - we’ll be alright. When, in reality, we owe each other everything and our best work can only be done in community."
This summer, Sarah, will tour Michigan alongside a group of U-M students and formerly incarcerated artists, performing a play created inside and outside prison walls called, With Love, From Inside. In August, she will begin a position as a Theatre Teacher at Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina. She hopes to continue to create theatre that "bridges cultural divides and spark dialogue around the stories of those most marginalized."
Five Basement Arts actors in a performance directed by Sarah of Ntozake Shange's choreopoem, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. Sarah considers this one of her greatest accomplishments thus far and one of the highlights of her collegiate career.
