[Burke]: Mwen bezwen linèt mwen, mwen pral tounen touswit.
[Carter]: Bonswa, zanmi ak vwazen. Non mwen se Terry E. Cotter, epi mwen dirije sèvis Elder isit la nan nou renmen anpil West Medford Community Center. Byenveni nan yon lòt edisyon ap viv nan pawòl ak mizik Premye Vandredi a, oswa jan nou rele li lè nou pa nan premye Vandredi a, Flex mo Vandredi a ak mizik. Nou kontan pou nou swiv yon gwo pwogram Mwa Istwa Nwa ak yon lòt ofrann espesyal nan selebrasyon istwa fanm atravè Etazini. Mèsi a yon sibvansyon jenere nan men Medford Arts Council la, yon manm nan Massachusetts Kiltirèl Konsèy la, nou yo pare yo woule ankò nan 111 Arlington Street. Kòm tout tan, mwen vle fè ou sonje ke Covid se toujou yon bagay, epi nou toujou ap eseye yo dwe bliye nan kondisyon sante lokal yo ak enkyetid. Se konsa, maskin se akeyi, men se pa obligatwa. Nou jis kontan yo dwe patwone pwogramasyon ap viv isit la nan WMCC ak kontan wè vwazen nou yo, zanmi nou yo ak sipòtè vini nan pòt yo. Mèsi anpil pou yo te isit la. Mèsi tou pou Kevin Harrington ak Medford Kominote Media pou gide nou jan nou emèt nan ou via Medford Kominote Media chanèl nèf pou Comcast ak 47 pou Verizon. Si w ap soti la ap gade sou aparèy elektwonik ou a, ekran 60 pous ou, kèlkeswa sa li ta ka, akeyi nan montre la. Se konsa, nan vwayaj mwen kòm yon powèt ak kòm yon anbasadè pou boza, mwen te privilejye rankontre kèk pwofesè fòmidab, lidè, ak mizisyen istwa atravè yon panorama lajè nan jefò moun. Mo ak mizik te ban m 'opòtinite sa a pote yon anpil nan sa yo jan nan atansyon ou. Aswè a pa gen okenn eksepsyon, se konsa mwen espere ke ou pare pou yon bagay reyèlman espesyal. Envite nou an pou pòsyon sa a nan pwogram aswè a se zanmi m 'ak yon fanm ki ka vrèman dwe konsidere kòm yon Maker istwa. Kite m 'di ou yon ti jan sou li. Dr Sheila E. Nutt, de TS, se yon rezidan Newton ak yon ansyen direktè nan pwogram edikasyon pou edikasyon pou Biwo Divèsite, Enklizyon, ak Kominote Harvard Medical School la. Madanm mwen, Teresa, te travay avèk li pou yon kantite ane, epi nou te rankontre nan relasyon sa a. Chemen nou yo janbe lòt sou yon baz regilye jan mwen volontè chak ane pou yon kominote ki baze sou evènman angajman elèv yo rele Refleksyon nan Aksyon, yon pwogram ki egzamine diferans sante nan vil la enteryè ak te pote ansanm elèv yo pou pi gwo ajans ak konpreyansyon nan konbat inegalite sa yo. Pwogram sa a, nan ak nan tèt li, te kapab sètènman dwe konsidere istwa-fè. E ankò, Dr Sheila, kòm li te li te ye afeksyon pa pi pre ak Dearest, te fè istwa lontan anvan lati li nan Harvard, yon fason ke li pran retrèt li nan plizyè ane de sa. Se konsa, nan lane 1970, Sheila Nutt te vin youn nan premye Afriken-Ameriken vòl asistan yo ap travay pou Pan Ameriken Mondyal Airways. Plis pase 50 ane te pase depi Sheila te ede fè istwa sa a. Li te yon pati nan premye vag nan fanm Afriken-Ameriken anboche kòm otès, menm jan yo te rele tounen Lè sa a,. Yon mwatye syèk de sa, ekip vòl yo te sitou blan, menm jan yo te pasaje yo. Apre Lwa sou Dwa Sivil 1964, konpayi avyon yo te kòmanse anplwaye moun ki gen koulè. Nan 1969, lè Dr Sheila te gen 20 ane fin vye granmoun ak k ap viv nan Philadelphia, li te tande Pan Am te anbochaj ak te vle nan. Se pou nou eksplore ke istwa ak Sheila, men asire w ke tab plato ou yo fèmen ak plas ou yo nan pozisyon an mache dwat. Oh, epi ka gen kèk ajitasyon devan yo. Se konsa, kòm se koutim mwen nan hosting sa yo aswè, mwen ta renmen pataje yon moso nan vèsè ke mwen pataje ak Dr Sheila plizyè ane de sa lè li te fè kèk travay sou pwogram li ki enplike kòlèg li yo ak istwa li ak PNM. Epi se pyès sa a nan pwezi yo rele Song nan Blackbirds yo. Nou rele yo Blackbirds yo. Li gen yon bag ki pale ak bagay fanm natirèl nou yo. PIN M te di wi epi li te resevwa pi bon an kòm pijon chokola anbrase tès la. Pa willowy blond oswa brun buxom. Nou Blackbirds te vwayaje pi lwen pase regrè. Nou te ranpli inifòm sa yo menm jan tou epi reponn ke klòch ayeryèn wo. Pou sèvi ak diyite ak distenksyon, sèvis tankou sa a se tou pre disparisyon. 35,000 pye nan lè a, nou te yon ekipaj vòl pi lwen pase konpare, di nasyon yo nou pa te jis blan. Atravè travay ak vo, nou tout te pran vòl. Ebony, tan, ak karamèl dous, bèl sè. antye ak konplè. Menm si atitid ta ka detekte, nou te fè feyè nou yo santi yo an sekirite ak respekte, k ap monte pi wo a meprize a ak deden, fè efò fè plenn ekselans nou an. Se sèlman byen-a-fè vole avèk nou, ak moun rich reyèlman fè yon meli melo. Nou te dwe enb dwa depi nan kòmansman an. Nou te dwe bèl, resous, ak entelijan. Tankou enfimyè, nou trete pasyan nou yo byen, menm sa yo ki te ban nou lanfè. Pi piti jantiyès nou ta fè, tankou melanje milkshake frèt yon vwayajè a oswa fluffing zòrye a nan yon kochon ki gen inyorans nou dwe kenbe fèm. Men, klas ak diyite te dirije jou a. Sa a se fason an Blackbird dirab. Vwayaje glòb la sou avyon vitès, Indirect mond lan kòm bon jan li vin, eksplore pò ekzotik nan apèl, sezon fredi ak sezon prentan, ete ak otòn. Abò ki liksye 747, jis yon chuichui lwen syèl la. Nou montre jan blan yon favè enkoni nan tout vòl yo yo ta janm vole. Pan Am te di, repons lan se wi, kite a ba yo zèl. Nou pral wè jis sa ki koulè yo pote. Jis rele nou Blackbirds ak tande bag la ki pale ak balanse natirèl yon sè a. Wi, rele nou Blackbirds. Li gen bag sa. Li pale ak bagay fanm natirèl nou yo. Ba li yon men! Oh bondye papa mwen! Mèsi. Mèsi. Tout dwa. Mwen jis vle di yon bagay. Plonje nan.
[SPEAKER_03]: Blackbirds yo, yon gwoup ke mwen te fonde an 1918, nou te gen yon rasanbleman nan blackbirds nan Harvard Medical School. Apre sa, mwen te rele sou zanmi mo mwen an, Mesye Terry pote yon ti klas, yon ti kras plis klas nan evènman an ak wè si li te kapab kreye yon powèm pou nou ak sa a se sa li te vini ak e mwen panse ke li nan fantastik ak mwen panse ke li merite yon lòt wonn nan aplodisman.
[Carter]: Tout dwa, kidonk kite a plonje dwa nan sa a. Dr Shill, ou te fè yon kantite entèvyou ak medya yo nouvèl, ki gen ladan WBUR ak CNN, nan mitan lòt moun. Mwen toujou fèmen nan pouswit ou nan opòtinite pou yo travay avèk Pan AM kòm yon gradye kolèj 20-zan. Se konsa, ou ka pale sou entèvyou inisyal ou ak Pan Am?
[SPEAKER_03]: Oke, kite a tounen jis yon ti kras. Mwen gradye nan lekòl segondè Philadelphia pou ti fi an 1966. Ou ka fè matematik la, oke, ak figi konnen ki laj mwen genyen. Li te lekòl la egzamen sèlman pou ti fi nan Philadelphia nan moman sa a. Te gen anpil nan nou fanm nan koulè oswa jèn fi nan koulè nan moman sa a. E nou tout te pwograme pou yo ale nan kolèj, afiche lekòl segondè. Sepandan, lè nou te ankouraje oswa lè nou te gen entèvyou yo ak konvèsasyon yo ak konseye pedagojik nou an, anpil nan nou te di, o, ou pral fè yon fantastik Ijyenist dantè. Ou pral fè yon salon bote Fabulous yon moun oswa yon lòt. Se konsa, lè nou te ale lakay yo nan paran nou yo ak di, ou konnen, sa a se sa yo ap gide nou nan direksyon pou, Paran nou yo te tankou, o, non, sa a, se pa ki jan nou woule. Kèk nan nou te gradye nan kolèj twazyèm jenerasyon ki te nan HBCUs. Yo te pwofesyonèl. Epi li te tankou, o, non, non, se pa ki jan nou woule. Sepandan, mwen toujou te vle fè yon aktris. Nan 66, mwen te vle fè yon balerin. Apre sa, mwen te di ke pa te gen okenn avni pou yon balerin nwa. Sa ki te jis nan konmansman an nan konpayi yo ki dans tankou Alvin Ailey. Se konsa, mwen kwè sa. Apre sa, mwen te di, byen, mwen pral fè yon aktris ak yon modèl. Kouman pou mwen fè sa? Se konsa, mwen te antre nan konpetisyon an Miss America nan Philadelphia. An 1968, mwen te sèl nwa pou antre nan konpetisyon an, e konpetisyon patikilye sa a se te premye etap nan direksyon pou jwenn nan konpetisyon prensipal Miss America ki pran plas nan mwa septanm nan nan Atlantic City, New Jersey. Mwen prepare, mwen te eksite, epi mwen te panse, o ti gason, si mwen genyen, mwen pral jwenn dekouvri, epi mwen pral ale nan Hollywood, ak oh, mwen te jis, mwen te gen li. Se konsa, aswè a rive, mwen te prepare, e mwen te youn nan patisipan yo kèk kanpe jan yo te rele ki moun ki te gayan an. Se konsa, yo te fè twazyèm moun kap kouri-up, dezyèm moun kap kouri-up, ak mwen toujou kanpe. Oke, gen yon chans. Lè sa a, yo rive nan premye moun kap kouri-up, e sa ki te non mwen. Mwen te yon ti kras boure, men ou konnen, mwen se nwa. Mwen kontan pou premye moun kap kouri-up. Lè sa a, yo te anonse larenn lan. Se konsa, nou tout te pran foto, epi nou te kontan ak petiyan. Se konsa, lè nou ap kite pidevan a, Youn nan jij yo te vin bay paran mwen yo ak mwen epi yo te mande yo si yo te kapab pale ak manman m 'an prive. Yo rale l 'sou bò a epi yo te di, nou te inanim nan chwa nou yo nan larenn lan. Nou reyèlman te vle Sheila pou pou genyen, men nou pa t 'pare pou yon larenn nwa. Se pou sa koule nan yon minit. Yo pa t 'pare pou yon larenn nwa. Se pa paske talan mwen pa t 'bon ase. Se pa paske mwen pa t 'reponn kesyon yo pwofesyonèl. Men, akòz koulè po mwen ke Bondye te ban mwen. Se konsa, mwen te yon ti kras énervé. Mwen te yon ti kras fache. Ak sa ki reyèlman te pase isit la te si anyen te rive larenn lan, mwen ta vin larenn pa default.
[Burke]: De tout fason.
[SPEAKER_03]: Se konsa, mwen jwenn, pa gen. Mwen te kontan yo dwe premye moun kap kouri moute. Se konsa, li jis pou rive ke moun ki te madmwazèl konjeni, li te di, Sheila, mwen konnen ou vle yo dekouvri. Li te di, konpayi avyon yo ap anboche. Petèt ou pral dekouvri sou yon avyon. Mwen te di, oke, amann. Se konsa, zanmi m 'Sandy ak mwen te, ou konnen, sa a se 60s yo. Sa a se Lagè Vyetnam, sa a se Roe kont Wade, sa a se boule soutyen ou, sa a se, ou konnen, Kent Eta. Sa a se fwa dechennen. Kontraseptif. Mwen vle di, ou konnen, se konsa nou te reyèlman aktif, pou mank de yon mo pi bon. Se konsa, Sandy ak mwen gade nan la Jounal Dimanch sa a, se kote ou konnen, ki nan ekivalan a nan krèyslist konsa ou gade nan papye a Dimanch nan yon sèl la nan seksyon e konsa nou gade anba konpayi avyon ak konpayi avyon yo sèlman nou te wè te Pan Ameriken Mondyal Airways Se konsa, Sandy ak mwen te di, byen, kite a ale pou li. Nou te rele pou yon dat entèvyou. Ak dam lan te di, anvan nou ka ba ou yon dat entèvyou, ou dwe pase sèten kondisyon. Ou te dwe yon wotè sèten, yon pwa sèten, pa gen linèt, pa gen aparèy òtopedik, pa gen okenn akne. Mwen vle di, li te jis yon pakèt moun sou pa gen okenn la. Sepandan, ou te dwe kolèj edike. Ou te gen yon dezyèm lang. Ou te dwe omwen 21, pa marye, pa gen timoun. Oh, li la sou yo ak sou. Se konsa, nou te di, oke, nou ap amann. Nou te resevwa yon dat entèvyou. Ak de nan nou te desann nan yon otèl lokal yo. Men, lè nou te antre nan zòn nan resepsyon, li te plen ak fanm yo pi bèl ke ou ta ka janm wè. Sandy ak mwen te fanm yo sèlman ki te sanble ak nou nan sal la. Okenn nan nou te konnen sou Pan Am paske Pan Ameriken nan moman sa a te entèdi entènasyonal yo. Ameriken Afriken yo, moun ki gen koulè, yo te ale nan Detroit L.A., L.A. Pou Miami, men nou pa t 'ale soti nan New York nan Pari. Nou jis pa t ', oke? Se konsa, jan mwen te chita la ap tann pou entèvyou mwen an, mwen li bwochi a. Mwen gade bwochi a epi mwen te di, Paris? Istanbul? Atravè mond lan? Oh bondye papa mwen. Mwen te vle ke travay plis pase mwen te vle vin Miss Amerik. Kòm trankil jan li te kenbe yo. Se konsa, mwen te chita la e mwen vle fè sa trè klè. Mwen te chita la e mwen visualized tèt mwen sou avyon sa Mwen te vle travay sa a mal. Se konsa, mwen te rele nan chanm nan entèvyou, e mwen te di yo gen yon chèz, epi nou te gen yon konvèsasyon. Ak kesyon an nan tout moun te, poukisa ou vle yo dwe yon asistan vòl? Nou te otès nan moman an. Poukisa ou vle vin yon otès? Ak nan kou, repons lan te, mwen renmen moun. Se konsa, mwen renmen moun. Lè sa a, mwen te mande kèk kesyon nan lang mwen an, ki te Panyòl. Mwen te pran kat ane nan Panyòl nan lekòl segondè ak yon ane nan Italyen nan kolèj. Se konsa, mwen te jistis konpetan an panyòl. Mwen te gen yon gwo aksan, men mwen pa t 'konnen anyen sou sijè. Mwen pa t 'konnen anyen sou kondisyonèl, men mwen ka travay prezan ak tansyon sot pase yo, oke? Epi se ekzakteman ki sa mwen te fè lè sa a, oke? Mwen vire entèvyou a alantou prezante ak sot pase yo tansyon. Ak aksan mwen. Lè sa a, li te di, mache nan tout sal la. Mwen te konnen ki jan yo mache. Se konsa, mwen te mache nan tout sal la. Lè sa a, li te di, byen, di ou mèsi anpil, Madam. Nutt. Nou pral kontakte ou. Li te di, si w chwazi pou yo ale nan pwochen nivo, Ou pral jwenn yon telegram, ak telegram se mesaj tèks 1960, oke? Se konsa, li te mache m 'nan pòt la ak li te di, ak tan kap vini an ou ale pou yon entèvyou, asire w ke ou pa moulen chiklèt. Ki sa ki te rive lè mwen te nève, mwen mete yon ti moso nan jansiv nan bouch mwen yo rafrechir souf mwen. Ou pa vle ale nan yon entèvyou ak souf Funky. Se konsa, mwen bliye pran li soti. Apre sa, mwen te kapab jis imajine mwen dwe te chita la Ou konnen, nève tankou yon bèf, moulen sou cud mwen. Men, de tout fason, fè yon istwa long kout, mwen te resevwa telegram la, e mwen te di mwen te pase sa, e mwen te pran yon egzamen medikal ak yon egzamen je.
[Carter]: Oke, se konsa mwen panse ke ou takine li yon ti kras, men mwen vle ranfòse nan sou li. Ki sa ki te atraksyon a pou ou nan ap eseye vin yon otès?
[SPEAKER_03]: Mwen te vle dekouvri. Mwen te vle dekouvri. Ak bote a isit la se ke mwen te vle fè yon aktris. Mwen te vle fè yon modèl. Ak tounen nan jounen an, nan 60s yo, vin yon modèl ak yon aktris ki nesesè pou jèn fi pou fè sèten chwa. Se konsa, mwen kwè Bondye pa t 'pèmèt mwen vin yon modèl oswa yon aktris lè mwen te yon 20-yon bagay paske li te gen yon plan diferan pou mwen. Se konsa Plan li pou mwen te pran retrèt ou nan Harvard Medical School epi yo pa Hollywood. Li te di m ', Sheila, ou pral yon aktris fantastik ak yon modèl, men ou te oblije rete tann 50 ane. Apre sa, mwen di rete tann 50 ane paske mwen gen de piblisite Wayfair. Mwen te fè piblisite pou sispann ak magazen. Mwen te fè piblisite pou Star Market. Se konsa, kounye a mwen ka ale pou yon entèvyou oswa pou yon travay ke mwen Li nan entèdi kalifikasyon mwen an.
[Carter]: Absoliman. Gade figi sa a. Gade figi sa a. Kijan li pa ka reyisi? Absoliman, absoliman. Se konsa, klas fòmasyon ki prepare ou jwenn sou avyon sa a, ki sa yo te yo renmen?
[SPEAKER_03]: O, byen, tankou mwen te di, Pan Am te entèdi entènasyonal yo. Ak nan moman sa a, Pan Ameriken Mondyal Airways pasaje yo te diplomat, chèf eta a, chèf nan gwo kòporasyon yo ak òganizasyon yo. Se konsa, nou te resevwa fòmasyon yo dwe otès. Nou te resevwa fòmasyon yo dwe akeyan. Nou te resevwa fòmasyon nan ijans pou kenbe pasaje nou yo an sekirite. Nou te ankouraje yo li. Nou te ankouraje pou nou kapab pote sou yon konvèsasyon ak tèt nan eta, ak diplomat yo, ak moun entènasyonal yo. Nou te oblije pran langaj Pou aprann kòm anpil lang posib pou nou te ka pale ak pasaje nou yo nan tou sa lang yo te pale. Mwen te evantyèlman kalifye nan Panyòl ak Swahili. Paske mwen te vle vwayaje nan Afrik. Mwen te vle vwayaje nan Kenya ak Tanzani. Se konsa, mwen te aprann ki jan yo pale Swahili. Pan Ameriken nan moman sa a te trè dousman pandan mwa ivè yo. Se konsa, yo ta ankouraje nou pran fèy ki poko peye nan absans ak vwayaje atravè mond lan. Nou te ka vwayaje pou gratis Fiji. nan Lond. Apre sa, mwen te vrèman konsène paske mari m ', ki moun ki, mwen pa ka di ki kote li te soti nan, men de tout fason, lè nou te marye, mwen te di, byen, kite a ale nan Lond, oswa non, kite a ale nan lavil Wòm pou dine. Oh, Sheila, mwen pè vole. Si mwen ale nenpòt kote, mwen te gen yo rete pou kèk jou. Mwen te di, bote a pou yo te yon otès se pou kapab vwayaje nan gout nan yon chapo, ale pou dine, rete lannwit lan, epi tounen lakay ou. Se konsa, li reyèlman pa t 'kapab pran avantaj de benefis yo vwayaj. Men, repons lan se wi, nou te resevwa fòmasyon yo dwe otès. Yon zanmi m 'te sou yon avyon Vòl domestik e li te chita nan premye klas e li te di otès la, asistan vòl la, te vin jwenn li epi li te di, o, ou ta renmen diven wouj oswa diven blan? Apre sa, li te di, byen, ki kalite diven se li? Li pa menm konnen etikèt la nan diven an. Nou te somelye. Nou te konnen ki kote diven an te soti. Nou te konnen sa li te pè ak. Nou kwit manje sou avyon an. Nou te sèvi kavya. Vole premye klas nan Pan Am te tankou vwayaje sou yon premye klas senk-zetwal restoran. Aktyèlman, Maxim a, restoran an, te poud nou an nan premye klas la.
[Burke]: Wow, wow.
[Carter]: Se konsa, lè ou te kòmanse vole? Ak sa ki te sa yo vòl bonè tankou pou ou?
[SPEAKER_03]: Se konsa, mwen te anboche nan 1969, men mwen te fini lekòl la. Se konsa, lè mwen te fini ki ka, yo pa t 'gen yon klas fòmasyon. Se konsa, yo te di, nou ap pote 747 la. E nou pral bezwen antrene moun ki kòmanse nan mwa janvye paske 747 la te pral fè pati nan flòt la Pan Am nan 1970. Se konsa, mwen te kòmanse fòmasyon lekòl nan, 12 janvye 1970. Mwen te sèlman Afriken Ameriken an nan klas mwen an. E te gen kèk fanm nan klas la ki pa janm te wè yon Afriken Ameriken an pèsòn. Se konsa, sa yo te konnen sou Ameriken Afriken yo te sa yo te wè nan medya yo nouvèl, ki sa yo li nan magazin lavi, pa te gen okenn magazin moun Lè sa a, oswa sa yo te di pa fanmi ak zanmi, epi li pa te toujou vre.
[Carter]: Wow. Oke, kidonk li kalite rakèt nan pwochen kesyon mwen an. Èske ou te fè eksperyans rasis, ak ki jan li te vin jwenn ou?
[SPEAKER_03]: Rasis. Ok. Se konsa, nan fòmasyon lekòl la, tout moun te bèl paske ou te vle kenbe travay ou, ok? Ak otès yo te sipoze bon moun, akeyan ak trè bèl, konpasyon, ou konnen, ap resevwa ansanm ak moun. Se konsa, nan fòmasyon lekòl la, li pa t 'yon pwoblèm. Tout moun te bèl, ok? Ak Pan Ameriken ankouraje anplwaye yo soti nan otès bay moun ki te pran swen nan avyon an, ki moun ki te fè manje a sou avyon an. Yo te ankouraje yo anbrase ak respekte divèsite. Mwen trè fyè yo dwe yon pati nan Pan Ameriken paske sa ki te nan konmansman an nan mwen Entwodiksyon nan valè a ak enpòtans ak sa ki divèsite fè pou tout moun. Se konsa, nan fen lekòl fòmasyon, yo te klas fòmasyon mwen asiyen. Se konsa, depi de fanm yo ki mwen te chanm ak pandan lekòl fòmasyon yo te baze nan Miami, nou te di, poukisa nou pa kontinye epi pou yo jwenn yon apatman ansanm? Sa sonnen bèl. Oke. Se konsa, twa nan nou gade nan jounal la Dimanch anba apatman, epi nou jwenn yon lis nan apatman ke nou te ale nan tcheke deyò. Premye apatman nou te ale nan, mèt kay la te di, mwen pa lwe nan Puerto Ricans. Oke. Mwen pa Pòtoriken. Nou te di, ok, fre. Nou te ale nan pwochen plas la. Pwopriyetè sa a te di, ou vle m 'mete yon nèg nan apatman mwen an? Mwen te di, vini sou, kite a ale. Se konsa, twazyèm plas la nou te ale nan, dam lan te trè bèl. Li di, o, mwen regrèt anpil. Nou jis lwe apatman sa a. Oh, ok. Se konsa, youn nan kolokasyon mwen, mwen pa pral mansyone non li paske mwen te fè l 'anvan ak mwen te fè sa ki mal la, mwen te di non an mal. Youn nan kolokasyon mwen yo gade m ', li di, Sheila, Nou ta gen yon apatman si li pa t 'pou ou. Apre sa, mwen te panse, epi mwen pral viv avèk li? De tout fason, se konsa nou pa t 'gen yon apatman, men nou te gen tan toujou nan otèl la kote nou te rete. Se konsa, yon sèl jou a, mwen te nan ayewopò an, e mwen te wè yon fanm nan yon pan am inifòm Avèk yon afro soti isit la epi mwen kouri sou li epi mwen te di, ki kote ou rete? Se konsa, li te di m ', epi li te rive yo dwe yon konplèks apatman kote yon anpil nan moun ki avyon yo te k ap viv. Se konsa, nou, twa nan nou, yo te kapab jwenn yon apatman la. Apre sa, mwen vle, non, mwen pa pral di sa. De tout fason, se konsa nou te resevwa yon apatman, ak fanm sa a ki te di nou ta gen yon apatman si li pa t 'pou ou, pa t' pase peryòd fòmasyon an.
[Carter]: Comma se yon ... wi. Vigil. Yeah. Oke. Tout dwa. Se konsa ... Ki privilèj ou santi ou te vin soti nan eksperyans ou kòm yon otès ak Pnam?
[SPEAKER_03]: Privilèj. Mwen te gen privilèj pou vwayaje nan mond lan. Mwen te gen privilèj pou wè peyi ke mwen te sèlman li sou nan liv istwa. E mwen dwe admèt, Terry, Li te fè m 'swete ke mwen ta peye plis atansyon nan lekòl la nan kèk nan kou yo Istwa Mondyal ke mwen te gen. Men, wi, privilèj la. Mwen te ale nan peyi Lejip nan lane 1972. Mwen te pran yon konje absans nan Pan Am, epi mwen te vwayaje alantou kontinan Afrik la kap chèche rasin mwen. Mwen sonje ak Pan Ameriken, mwen te kapab vwayaje premye klas pou $ 25.
[Carter]: Oh bondye papa mwen.
[SPEAKER_03]: Se konsa, sa ki te sèlman yon pati nan Lafrik di. Rès la nan Lafrik ak Ewòp ki ta jwenn m 'nan kote sa yo diferan te Alitalia avyon, e mwen te dwe peye $ 125 vwayaje alantou rezo a Alitalia. Se konsa, mwen sonje ale nan Atèn e te gen mwen te soti nan Atèn mwen te pral ale nan peyi Lejip ak peyi Letiopi ak mwen te rankontre yon lòt otès soti nan Air Kanada mwen panse epi li di oh mwen Poukisa ou pa jwenn mwen epi nou ap kondwi nan lavil Wòm. Mwen te di, non, non, non, non, mwen pral nan peyi Lejip. Oh, non, mwen pa panse ou ta dwe fè sa. Mwen te di, gade, mwen te toujou te vle wè piramid yo. Mwen toujou te vle wè larivyè Nil la. Mwen pral nan peyi Lejip. Se konsa, mwen te ale nan peyi Lejip, e mwen te gen yon tan bèl. Mwen dwe admèt, mwen te fò anpil wont nan larivyè Nil la. Mwen te espere wè ti gason ti bebe nan ti panyen, e sa pa te rive. Li te sanble ak a, li te sanble ak Charles a se byen yon jenn ti kabrit, oke? Men, piramid yo, li te fantastik. Mwen te 20-yon bagay nan moman sa a ak yon afro kout ak hipsters ak, ou konnen, kout Tèt yo te nan lamòd, e se sa ki mwen te pote. Mwen pa te edike, pa respekte kilti a kote fanm yo sipoze kouvri, men li te cho. Apre sa, mwen te santi mwen te, li te oke yo abiye jan mwen te vle a, men li pa t '. Paske te gen yon mesye granmoun aje nan plas la kote mwen te manje maten ki te di, o, Sheila, ou trape frèt, ou ta dwe, Kouvri tèt ou isit la. Apre sa, li te ban m 'kèk twal. Apre sa, mwen te entelijan ase yo pran allusion la. Men, nan moman sa a nan lane 1972, fanm moun peyi Lejip yo pa t 'vwayaje nan tèt yo. Se konsa, mwen te yon anomali. Ak plis, peyi Lejip la ak Amerik yo pa t 'zanmi nan tan sa a swa. Se konsa, mwen te yon anomali. Nan peyi Lejip la nan moman sa a, e konsa moun te gade m ', oke? Sepandan, lè mwen te ale nan peyi Letiopi, mwen reskonsab pare nan, epi mwen tonbe nan renmen ak peyi Letiopi, anpil pou ke mwen deside mwen te pral tounen ak jwenn yon edikasyon kòm yon pwofesè, jwenn yon mari peyi Letiopi, ak tounen vin jwenn peyi Letiopi ak Louvri yon lekòl kote mwen te vle viv.
[Burke]: Wow.
[SPEAKER_03]: Te pran m '13 ane jwenn ke moun peyi Letiopi, epi mwen te jwenn li dwa sou nan Mattapan. Nou te pase 10 ane ogmante timoun nou yo nan peyi Letiopi, epi nou te ansanm 39 ane. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Carter]: Ak pitit fi yo bèl. Yo jis tankou manman yo.
[SPEAKER_03]: Mèsi.
[Carter]: Absoliman. Ok, tèlman vit pou pi devan. Ou fini ak Pan am lè? Ok. Ak ou te ale dirèkteman nan Harvard soti nan Pan Am?
[SPEAKER_03]: Se konsa, lè mwen te kite Pan Am, mwen te fini doktora mwen nan edikasyon nan Inivèsite Boston ak mwen te fè disètasyon mwen sou estrès ak asistan vòl. Mwen te kòmanse yon biznis ki rele rezo asistan vòl kote mwen anseye moun ki jan yo ka resevwa anboche ak konpayi avyon yo. Mwen bay yon pwogram jesyon estrès pou otès oswa asistan vòl. Lè sa a, si yo pa t 'kontan, mwen bay atelye sou outplacement. Se konsa, si ou pa t 'kontan kòm yon otès, kite a jwenn yon lòt travay. Paske mwen kwè nan balans travay-lavi. Se konsa, anpil moun rete nan yon travay, e te gen otès ki te rete nan travay la pou chèk la ak pou benefis yo vwayaj, epi yo te mizerab, epi yo te fè pasaje yo mizerab. Oke, e konsa teyori mwen te ou pa bezwen mizerab. Genyen yon lòt travay pou ou. Genyen yon lòt kote ou ka jwenn kè kontan. Lè ou vwayaje kounye a, gade nan figi yo nan sa yo asistan vòl ki ap sèvi ou. Gade si gen kèk kè kontan. Ou konnen, mwen jis panse moun yo ta dwe jwenn kè kontan nan travay yo. Konprann. Yeah, mwen te kite Pan Am ak mwen te travay ak yon òganizasyon ki pa Peye-nan Boston ki reenstale refijye peyi Letiopi ak refijye nan atravè mond lan paske sa a te wotè nan grangou a nan peyi Letiopi. Lè sa a te lè te gen batay nan tout Lafrik, Repiblik Demokratik la nan Kongo a, elatriye. Se konsa, nou te fè sa. Lè sa a, mwen te travay nan Emanuel College kòm direktè a nan zafè miltikiltirèl la. E pandan ke yo nan Emanuel, mwen te kirye sou ki jan fanm refijye yo te ajiste nan Amerik la. Anpil nan fanm sa yo refijye te mache soti nan peyi Letiopi Soudan. Anpil nan yo soti nan lòt pati nan Lafrik te mache soti nan peyi yo nan kan refijye yo. Apre sa, mwen te panse, mwen te resevwa elèv yo sou isit la ki pa ka mache soti nan, ou konnen, Mattapan Dudley Station, oke? Ak anpil nan fanm sa yo te vyole. Oke? Yo te ateri nan kan refijye yo ansent epi yo pa t 'konnen ki moun ki papa a nan timoun sa a te. Yo finalman te rive nan Amerik ak sa a te trè diferan pou yo. Se konsa, lè mwen te mande fanm sa yo, poukisa yo pa patisipe nan konpòtman negatif disfonksyonèl? Ak moun nan, repons yo te, mwen pa kapab. relijyon mwen. Mwen ta respekte paran mwen si mwen te pran dwòg, si mwen te vin yon alkòl. Mwen pa kapab. Se konsa, mwen te kòmanse gade nan ki wòl nan relijyon nan kenbe kilti ak kenbe totalite. Se konsa, Lè sa a, mwen kouri dèyè yon mèt nan etid teyolojik soti nan Harvard Divinity Lekòl, kote mwen gade wòl nan fanm nan peyi Letiopi Otodòks tewahedo relijyon an, Krisyanis. Men, si mwen ka jis enfòme koute nou yo, peyi Letiopi te pratike Krisyanis depi 325 AD. Ak premye moun ki apot la Filip batize se te yon peyi Letiopi lè Filip te sou wout li nan Lapannkòt. Etyopi se mansyone plis pase 38 fwa nan Bib la. Sa a dwat. Se konsa, mwen te kirye de relijyon sa a, e konsa se sa mwen te fè. Mwen gade legliz la peyi Letiopi nan Harvard ak wòl nan fanm yo. E erezman, mwen te kapab tounen nan peyi Letiopi Yon fwa ke gouvènman kominis la te pèdi pouvwa, e nou te kapab ogmante pitit nou yo la, ak patriyach nan peyi Leta Otodòks Legliz la, an reta Abuna Paulos, se pou nanm li repoze ak kè poze, te isit la nan zòn Boston kòm yon refijye ak fini nan mèt li yo ak yon PhD isit la nan Amerik la. Apre sa, mwen pa fin sèten, mwen panse ke yon sèl te nan Yale ak yon lòt te nan Princeton. Apre sa, li te vle pote legliz la peyi Letiopi, kilti a peyi Letiopi nan la, li te vle pou avanse pou pi yo. Se konsa, li te di, Sheila, Mwen ta renmen pou ou anseye nan lekòl la kote nou antrene prèt nou yo. Se konsa, mwen te trè eksite paske mwen se fondamantalman yon edikatè ak mwen gen sa a background nan relijyon ak Afriken-Ameriken syans. Premye degre mwen te nan etid Afriken-Ameriken. Se konsa, mwen te anseye nan lekòl la pou yon semès paske la Evèk ak lòt prèt yo te di ke li te pale mal sou Bondye pou yon fi anseye prèt, prèt potansyèl yo. Se konsa, sa ki te eksperyans mwen la. Men, yon fwa mwen te kite Pan am, Mwen kouri dèyè edikasyon an nan pi wo ED ak Lè sa a, nou te ale nan peyi Letiopi kote mwen te anseye nan lekòl la grèk la ak mwen bay fòmasyon pou elèv ki te kap chèche kolèj nan Amerik la. Mwen te chita fòmasyon. Mwen menm mwen te travay nan la, nan la, Komisyon Ekonomik Nasyonzini pou Afrik, kote mwen te anseye rapò sou ladrès ekri, menm jan tou ki jan yo kominike nan mache travay la. E sa ki te yon lòt opòtinite reyèlman devlope seri konpetans mwen ak ekspètiz nan, ki sa, divèsite, divès kilti, paske Nasyonzini an gen anplwaye nan pratikman tout peyi Nan mond lan epi yo pale jis sou tout lang. Se konsa, ki jan ou fè yon ekip soti nan anpil divèsite? Oke, sa ki te sa nou te fè nan Pan Am. Pan am te gen fanm ak gason ki soti nan tout peyi yo ke yo te pran vòl. Ak objektif la nan sa ki te pou ke pasaje yo ki te ale nan Paris Ta gen yon fanm sou avyon an soti nan Lafrans ki moun ki ka di sa yo pasaje sa yo wè, ki sa yo dwe fè, ki moun ki ka pale lang lan, ak vis vèrsa. Si te gen yon moun kite Lafrans, vini nan Amerik, epi te gen limite angle, te gen yon moun sou avyon an soti nan Lafrans ki moun ki ka ajiste oswa ede yo nan kèk fason. Yeah.
[Carter]: Se konsa, mwen vle eseye ak pote, paske nou ap vin fèmen nan tan nou an, mwen vle mande yon koup plis kesyon, kalite pote sèk sa a plen. Li nan istwa istwa entènasyonal fanm jodi a.
[SPEAKER_03]: Wi.
[Carter]: Ak evidamman ou se yon trailblazer entènasyonal yo. Mwen vle mande w kisa sa vle di pou ou.
[SPEAKER_03]: Kisa sa vle di pou mwen se lefèt ke fanm yo pè. Apre sa, mwen pral site yon komedyen pi popilè ki te di, li te, mwen parafraz kounye a, epi li te di, mwen pè pou nenpòt ki bèt Nenpòt bèt ki ka pote yon lòt bèt nan kò yo, ki ka bay nesans, oke? Se konsa, ki se yon sèl aspè nan awesomeness nou an. Men, entènasyonalman, kòmantè yo te fè ke si ou ka fòme yon fanm, si ou ka edike yon fanm, si ou ka edike yon manman, Ou ap edike yon kominote.
[Burke]: Sa a dwat. Sa a dwat. Absoliman. Absoliman.
[SPEAKER_03]: Se konsa, pa gen okenn ofans, frè, ou.
[Burke]: Mwen pa fache sou ou.
[SPEAKER_03]: Ok. Pa gen lènmi. Men, nou jis move. Se konsa, mwen ka jwenn yon men pou fanm yo?
[Carter]: Ok. Se konsa, sa a, se yon bon seg nan lòt kesyon sa a mwen gen. Pale yon ti kras sou gwoup Blackbirds ou.
[SPEAKER_03]: O, mèsi, mèsi, mèsi. Se konsa, tankou mwen te di, lè mwen te kòmanse nan klas fòmasyon an 1970, te gen trè kèk nan nou. Ak nimewo yo ogmante yon ti kras paske nan Lwa a, Lwa sou Dwa Sivil nan 1965. Se konsa, sa mwen ap eseye fè se kreye yon kominote nan fanm nan koulè ki te kòmanse vole ak Pan Ameriken nan 60s yo ak 70s jiska tan an ki Pan Ameriken te depourvu. Apre sa, mwen panse ke sa ki te 91. E te gen yon anpil nan eleman ki kontribye nan Pan Ameriken an kraze. Apre sa, mwen pa pral antre nan sa. Ou ka Google. Se konsa, sa nou ap eseye fè se kreye sa a kòwòt nan fanm, e mwen te rele yo Pan Am Blackbirds paske nou se fanm nan koulè. Se konsa, sa nou ap eseye fè kounye a, ak frè Terry te yon pati nan rasanbleman premye nou yo nan Harvard Medical School nan mwa septanm nan 2018. Mwen ap eseye rakonte istwa fanm sa yo paske nou te pyonye. Nou te trailblazers paske nou te bèl, men nou te entelijan. Apre sa, mwen vle istwa yo nan ki jan nou te anboche, men bote nan Blackbirds yo se sa ki nou te fè apre Pan Ameriken? Nou gen edikatè, nou gen avoka. De nan Blackbirds mwen, youn te nominasyon pa Prezidan Bill Clinton, ak konfime pa Sena a yo dwe direktè egzekitif la nan Bank la Devlopman Afriken nan Cote d'Ivoire, Afrik de Lwès, ak tit la nan Anbasadè. Yon lòt Blackbird te Nominasyon ak konfime pa Sena a anba Joseph Biden yo dwe Direktè Egzekitif la nan Bank la Devlopman Afriken nan Côte d'Ivoire. Se konsa, mwen te gen de nan blackbirds mwen ki se anbasadè. Youn nan blackbirds mwen pran retrèt nan yon konpayi pharmaceutique entènasyonal yo. Mwen te gen enfimyè, doktè, mwen te gen antreprenè. Mwen vle mond lan Pou tande ki jan nou te anboche kòm jèn fanm, epi nou tout ap pase 70, oke? E nou gen yon reunion nan mwa septanm nan 2024, epi mwen nan pwosesis la nan ap eseye kreye yon dokimantè, ekri yon liv, Liv sou nou, e mwen espere lanse yon podcast di istwa yo nan fanm sa yo, kite jèn moun konnen ke rasis, diskriminasyon te egziste 50 ane de sa. Ak malerezman, li toujou egziste. Men, nou pa ka pèmèt li kreye naratif nou an.
[Burke]: Sa a dwat, sa a dwat.
[SPEAKER_03]: Ki jan nou te fè li? Nou bezwen kite jèn moun konnen ki jan nou te fè li. Ak ki jan nou te fè li? Nou te fè li paske nou te konnen kiyès nou te ye. Kiyès nou ye? Nou pa jis bèl. Nou te kreye pa yon bondye awizom. Men, si yon moun pa pare pou koulè nou an, Sa a se pwoblèm yo, pa nou. Nou gen yon objektif diven.
[Burke]: Gen li ye.
[SPEAKER_03]: Epi nou, zwazo nwa mwen yo, te resevwa nan senkronizasyon ak objektif sa a. E nou te ale nan yo dwe ki moun nou te vle di ke yo dwe pòs-pan am.
[Burke]: Sa a dwat. Sa a dwat. Sa a dwat.
[Carter]: Se konsa, mwen vle ba ou dènye mo a. Èske w gen nenpòt panse separe?
[SPEAKER_03]: Oke, mwen pran retrèt ou, se konsa mwen fè yon anpil nan panse. Men, panse mwen separe se youn nan rezon ki fè mwen vle rakonte istwa nou yo, youn nan rezon ki fè mwen rekonesan pou mwen isit la avèk chak nan ou aswè a se paske mwen anbrase yon pwovèb Afriken. Reprandr li, li di, jouk lyon an ka rakonte istwa li, chasè a ap toujou di yo an premye. Chasè a glorifye. Ou wè? Se konsa, mwen vle istwa nou yo. Istwa yo enpòtan. Naratif pèsonèl nou an enpòtan. Paske chak nan nou gen yon bagay ki gen anpil valè pou ajoute nan Tapestry nan lavi sa a. Chak nan nou se valè. Chak nan nou se valè.
[Burke]: Mwen renmen li. Mwen renmen li.
[SPEAKER_03]: Se konsa, nan fèmen, mwen vle tout moun panse. Nan yon mo paske nan pwogram mwen an mwen toujou te gen elèv mwen fè yon bagay yo rele segondè senk paske elèv mwen yo te tradisyonèlman elèv ki soti nan kominote defavorize. Se konsa, mwen te fè yo pratike ranfòse pozitivite a sou tèt yo. Se konsa, yo toujou te fè yon senk segondè. Ak sa ki nan sa? Senk diferan adjektif sou tèt ou. Epi yo dwe kòmanse avèk mwen. Se pa mwen. Mwen. Bold. Mwen gen konfyans. Mwen kapab. Sa yo se kalite ki pral ede ou gen siksè nan lavi. Yon elèv te di, o, sa se fwomaj, Dr Sheila. Men, nan fen pwogram nan, li te di, ooh, ki fè sans. Epi li fè sa. Se konsa, sa a nan fèmen, Mesye Terry.
[Carter]: Li nan etonan, paske konvèsasyon sa a ta ka ale sou literalman pou èdtan ak èdtan ak èdtan, paske Fanm sa a gen, mwen panse mwen gen istwa, mwen reyèlman fè. Men, fanm sa a gen istwa sou tèt istwa sou tèt istwa ak nou te ka literalman fè sa a pou yon èdtan plis epi li toujou sèlman grate sifas la. Men, mwen jis, mwen vle di ou mèsi paske ou te beni popilè mwen an. Ou se konsa angaje, istwa ou a se konsa etonan ak Nou ap chèche pou pi devan pou podcast la, dokimantè a, liv la, ak tou sa lòt bagay ou vle fè pou rakonte istwa a nan sa yo Blackbirds bèl bagay. Se konsa, bay li moute pou Sheila E. Nutt.
[SPEAKER_03]: Mwen menm mwen te vle di ke mwen ap travay ak yon gradye kominikasyon jenn nan LaSalle University nan Newton, epi li te ap eseye fè m 'fè kèk tiktok. Se konsa, mwen panse ke mwen ka gen yon manch tiktok rele nòt soti nan nuthouse la. Se konsa, gade deyò pou yon sèl kòm byen.
[Carter]: Koulye a, ou dwe fè atansyon ak ki tiktok lakòz yo yon anpil tout dezòd sou Tiktok. Tout dwa. Oke, jan, se konsa nou pral pran yon kèk minit. Nou pral Reyajiste zòn sa a pou nou ka pare pou pèfòmans mizik nou an pou aswè a. Mwen pral tounen ak kèk anons. Gen kèk rafrechisman nan do a. Janelle Coleman te fè kèk bon gou ti kras ti kras, kidonk, ou ka ale tounen la, epi anvan yo ap tout ale, ou ka ale gen tan pwan tèt ou yon bagay. Nou gen kèk dlo. Nou gen kèk ti goute lòt tounen la. Epi nou pral tounen nan jis yon kèk minit ak pati de nan premye vandredi, vandredi flechir, mo, ak mizik. Oke, jan, si ou ka pran plas ou, nou pral jwenn te kòmanse. Oke. Èske mwen ta dwe wè tout moun tounen la mòde sou manje Janelle a? Tout dwa. Sa a ki jan li fonksyone. Tout dwa. Se konsa, nou pare jwenn te kòmanse ankò. Koulye a, mwen pa nòmalman fè sa. Anjeneral mwen fè yon sèl pyès nan pwezi nan kòmansman an ak Lè sa a, nou ale. Men, mwen panse nan egzanp sa a an patikilye, mwen pral fè yon sèl plis moso paske, byen, ou pral konprann. Se pyès sa a yo rele Brown ti fi nan violoncelle la. Pou yon moman, mwen blinked nan sa mwen te wè, sa a allusion chokola nan yon Renesans ke yo te. Zòrèy mwen toudenkou plen ak son ki te fè sans mwen monte spellbound. Èske li te yon wistful plenn oswa yon jemi espèk? Èske li te prete oswa li te pwòp li? Kòm li te pote banza li atravè strings yo, li te fè m 'reflechi sou yon mil bagay sa yo nan ki jan pèp nou an pèsevere, yon ras nan yon fwa joure ak venere. Kòm dwèt li danse, se konsa ap koule tankou dlo nan limyè, li te fè m 'sonje kè kontan nan vòl nou yo atravè peyi a nan Beacon libète a, nan flanm dife a nan libète nou ta te ap chèche. Voicings yo nan ki ankadreman sabliye retire pè a, fè mal la, ak wont. Li te mennen nou lwen meprize rasyal. Li te mennen nou lwen rayi Forsworn. Li te mennen nou lwen renmen forlorn. Li te mennen nou nan kote Grace fèt. Nanm nan lapè se ki jan li rezoud. Pa gen pikan, pa gen okenn briars, pa gen okenn orti pike. Èske li te yon chan sirèn nan mouri a nan mitan lannwit oswa yon orizon byen lwen siy klere? Kòm li te pote banza li atravè sa yo strings, Lespri Bondye a deplase ak violoncelle li chante. Mwen gade yon ti fi gade nan sezi ak te konnen nan kè m 'eple a li te anba. Mwen te panse mwen ta kriye nan gade serye li. Melody enstriman an te fè dans li. Nouvo konfyans ki fèt nan ankadreman sa a ti ki gen lavi pa janm yo pral menm bagay la. Li te wè yon ti fi mawon tankou tèt li pran yon senfoni desann soti nan etajè a. Ki kote limitasyon se konsa yo souvan mete, li te temwen manti kaptè a efase. Li te wè ke violonist rache sa yo strings ak imajine tèt li kòm yon bagay mil. Konfyans ki fèt nan ankadreman sa a ti ki gen lavi pa janm yo pral menm bagay la. Se konsa, Aswè a nou prezante yon sèn byen etabli ak trè pwofesyonèl ki te pran yon gwo sa yo e li te tou te fè kèk istwa enpòtan nan Massachusetts ak New England. Li ban mwen anpil plezi prezante yon sansasyon senfonik pa non an nan Mashunda Smith. Li se yon konpozitè, yon kondiktè, ak yon pwofesè trè kalifye ak yon repètwa etonan ak yon vokabilè gwo mizik jan ou pral byento wè ak tande. Originally ki soti nan Tennessee, Mashunda a Enchantment ak mizik te kòmanse nan klas sizyèm lan lè li te ranmase violoncelle la Okòmansman te pwovoke pa yon kraze jèn, pasyon li byen vit evolye nan yon renmen otantik pou enstriman an. Touche Bachelor of Arts degre nan Inivèsite a nan Tennessee, Knoxville te make kòmansman an nan Odyssey mizik li. Anbakman premye sou yon karyè ansèyman, li pita jwenn yon metriz nan orkestral fè ak yon konsantre sou edikasyon mizik nan Inivèsite nan Sid Maine, k ap resevwa konsèy nan kondiktè distenge tankou James Fellenbaum, Victor Yampolsky, Robert Lehman, Adrian Ganam, ak lòt moun. Avèk kredi mizik grav nan tow, vwayaj senfonik li finalman mennen l 'nan zòn nan Boston, kote li te etabli tèt li sou rivaj la nò pandan y ap kenbe koneksyon nan Maine ak New Hampshire. Mashunda ko-te fonde inogirasyon an pa gen okenn òkès non nan Boston nan 2018. Sa a ansanbl inovatè defi nòm pa pote solist ak òkès manm yo ansanm pou pèfòmans san yo pa repetisyon, ankouraje espontane ak captive eksperyans mizik. Koulye a, nan wityèm ane li yo, pa gen okenn non an òkès kontinye kaptive odyans atravè zòn nan Boston Metro ak apwòch inik li yo. Li enpòtan travay ke li ap fè. Li se kounye a kondiktè a nan Lowell Orkiestra la. Apre sa, li se premye fanm nan koulè tout tan yo dwe konsa yo te rele pa ki òkès sipè. Li anseye. Li gen pwòp estidyo mizik prive li. Li ap anseye tou nan sistèm lekòl piblik la, fè yon kantite bagay diferan. Edike timoun yo nan mizik ak tou ba yo konfyans nan pou kapab jwe kòm li te jwe ak li jwe. Mwen pral jwenn soti wout la ak bagay la pwochen ou tande yo pral briyan Mashunda Smith la.
[SPEAKER_02]: Wow. Well, thank you. I'm going to start with one piece. This is called Folk Suite for Solo Cello. It's by another cellist named Daniel Delaney. And I like this because since I'm from Tennessee, there's a lot of folk music, bluegrass and everything. So this, I found this some years ago and it kind of struck me. So I'm gonna start with that. This is the prelude to his suite. Well, good evening. That was a wonderful introduction. Yes, Marshaunda Smith. I like to do these. I just want to tell you a story of how I got here. Whenever I meet someone, I'm like, oh, you're so fascinating. How did you get here? Like, what is your story? How many times have somebody actually said, how did you get here? And genuinely, want to know. I find it so fascinating to just listen to somebody's stories and hopefully you learn something about yourself. You learn something about the world that you didn't know before. Some lessons learned and just Listen, just be in their presence. Let them tell their story, because odds are no one's asked them, like, how did you get here at this moment in time? We're intersecting right here at this moment, at this time, and this day. How did you get here? What brought you here? So I'm gonna start from the beginning. I was born. I'm from Chattanooga, Tennessee. You'll probably hear my accent come in and out. I've been told when I get upset, it really comes out. I do know that it comes out when I'm articulating for my students, especially if I'm giving them the eye. I'm speaking very clearly, darling. I went to a school called Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, and it was wonderful. It was about 53% white, 46% black, and it was great. It was wonderful. All friends were all friends with everybody. And we got different perspectives from people who lived on Signal Mountain, people who lived on Lookout Mountain, people who lived in the projects, people who just lived in suburbs. It was actually, I found it fascinating just to hear their stories, how they get to school, what they do after school. Yeah, but sometimes there's a little jealousy going on. Why not? Some kids are doing some things that you think are cool and you can't do it or you don't do it. But my school was the first. time that I really saw different people and actually enjoyed their lives, enjoyed their stories, the difference of it. I wasn't jealous by it, but it was fascinating. Like, oh, we can coexist in this same world and have totally different walks of life. I find that very fascinating. So I'm gonna play another thing. And this one is from the same folk suite, Daniel Delaney. And this is his lullaby. Pardon. So I graduated from Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences. It was a class of 97, so we knew everybody. And I went to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Go Vols. And I went there. Well, actually, first I took one year at the University of Chattanooga. And then I went to the University of Knoxville, and I went there on a full scholarship, which was quite nice. in music, but that wasn't the original plan. I actually liked math and science, but no university was really giving out a scholarship for math and science. I got one easily for music, easily for music. While I was in high school, I kept getting these high marks in music. And I went to Allstate and AllEast, and it was fun. It was really fun doing all this stuff. And during these Allstate things, they checked you on Can they play a scale? Can they play the prepared piece? Can they sight read? And for those who don't know, sight reading is they put a piece of music in front of you and you play it. How perfect can you be at just you're seeing it for the first time? And I was good. I was really good. It was due to my math. It was due to my math, because I knew how to divide and do all the things that music was asking me to do. And so I loved math, but I got a full scholarship, so that kind of made my decision. One of the things back in high school that I think I knew that I was going to go into music, my best friend Lauren and I, we were doing some musical thing in the state for kids. I can't remember. They start to blur together. And we were in middle Tennessee at, a really cute college that looks like Europe, old Europe in a way. And we were leaving, and I have to put my jello down for this, because this is like interactive. So we had just finished Allstate Orchestra, like a few weeks prior, and we played Dvorak Symphony No. 8 or 7, one of those. And we had prepared it and we had played it and we were just like, yes! And she's a violinist, a black violinist. And so we're just like, this is wonderful. And her dad, Mr. Goss, her dad is driving us from these college visits. And it was raining, and we were in his van. And Dvorak came on the radio. And she started singing her violin part, and I'm singing the cello part. And we got to this tumultuous part in it. It's like, da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. She's singing it, and I know Mr. Goss was just like, well, what are you gonna do? These two girls are just rocking out to this classical music. And so it's raining, he's trying to focus on her, the two screaming girls are ready to scream at this classical music. And then all of a sudden, it got to this, the climax of this movement, and at the same time it got to the climax, It stopped raining, and the sun just shone right there in front of us as we were driving on the road. And we stopped, and we're like, did that just happen? And Mr. Goss was like, yeah, that did just happen. It did just happen. I was like, what? What are the odds? What are the odds that that happened? That was one of the moments that I thought, I like this feeling. I don't know if I brought that on or Lauren brought that on, but this feeling of having fun in the music and feeling good about it, and then having someone next to you just nerding out. You're just nerding out. It was so much fun. And then a couple of months later, we went to Hunter Museum in Chattanooga, was hosting the Chattanooga String Quartet from the Chattanooga Symphony. And they were playing Schubert's The Trout. And at that time, The viola, which is, the violas get so much bad rap in the orchestra. They're like the middle stepchild, and they get so much bad rap. But so we sat right there in front, and of course, you know, two little black girls like sitting right there in front, and everybody's like, oh. okay we're like hi we sat there right there in front we were ready we've been hearing all about the Schubert trial just like okay what is this we get in free let's go Lauren we went set right there in the front and the viola line we were so impressed by the viola we're like violas have things They can play things too? We were so impressed. And so any student right now, or even in my orchestras, they know that I call the viola section the cream of an orchestra, of the string section. Because without the cream in an Oreo, there's just two cookies. You have the cello and you have the violin. That's just two cookies. But the cream, that bridge is the middle part. I love the viola sound. And so just that violist playing the quartet, the trout, and just hearing them just go at it, and we're like, whoa, it changed my mind. And I have so many memories and moments where somebody has done something poignant, somebody has said something poignant, where I'm like, wow. Thank you for that change of perspective. Thank you for that knowledge. Thank you for opening up a door that I didn't even know was closed. Thank you. I love learning about anything, especially things that make people happy. What makes me happy? My bliss. As Terry said, I am a conductor of the Loyal Field Harmonic. And I actually created my own orchestra before I became conductor. I was going out on all these auditions to, you know, they're looking for a new conductor, looking for a new conductor. And I always came up number two, runner up. So I'm like, you want something different, but that's not what you're getting. You're getting the same thing, but 2.0. So I'm like, you know what? I have a network of musicians. Let me just create my own table and orchestra. So I created the Cherry Hill Chamber Orchestra, and I run it the way I want to run it. I run it in a wholesome way, as in, leave your egos at the door. There are no divas. We're gonna play this for us, and then translate it to the audience. Let's first and foremost have fun with this music. I'm a conductor, but I'm not perfect. I will make a mistake. And I will own it. I will own it. Because I'm still learning. I will never cease to learn. And my bliss is actually getting hit with all the music, with all the sounds, any of the sounds. I love it. People who know me, they know that I dance on the podium. My husband here. I dance on the podium because the music moves me. If music moves you, move. And so I invite anyone at my concerts to not only clap in between movements, because you're just like, I need to emote what I just heard. I've gone to symphony orchestra concerts before, and the orchestra has played a poignant piece, and I'm just like, I need to talk to somebody about this right now. Like, this is awesome, but everybody's like, No. My concerts, I actually invite the audience to clap, to sigh, to close your eyes, to emote. In between movements, to ask me a question. I go out to the audience and I ask a question. What did you hear? How did that make you feel? Then I turn to the orchestra. Hey, can you play that thing that you did? Now play it this way. And just have an interactive experience. It's more entertaining that way. Instead of just, you pay your ticket, sit, listen, leave. Like, no, that's boring to me. So I like to do things a little different. Yes, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, all the great things, but I also like working with living composers because I can talk to them. I can talk to them. And one of my favorite living composers, he lives in Danvers, his name is Charles Turner. Charles Turner, yes. And during COVID, when we were all in our house, twiddling our thumbs, there was this thing going on online, started here in Boston, actually, by a Boston symphony player. It was called these musical minutes. So instrumentalists reached out to composers and said, can you compose a one minute piece? And they would record it, put it online, and it was fascinating. People were working, people were video, it was great. So I asked Charles Turner, because I love his music, I asked him, hey, can you, this is what's happening, can you create something for me? And he did. So I'm gonna play a couple of things. This one was the first thing that he created. It was called The Minute Tango, aka The Lady Walks Away. So in college, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Dr. Wesley Baldwin, he was wonderful. I loved him. My first cello teacher, bless his heart, he, a developing body in high school, and he said, I don't know what to do with your body as it's developing. I'm like, What's wrong with that? He was good, but I was like, why are you telling me this? But then I got to Dr. Baldwin, and his hands are huge. His hand span is really big. And he was like, he said, Marshanda, you have to do it this way. He speaks like this. Marshanda, it's this way. And I'm like, Dr. Baldwin, your hand is huge. I cannot stretch this way. My body cannot do this. Oh, you're right. I'm sorry. Let's try something else. That's what I wanna hear from a teacher. I don't want to hear, or no student should hear, your body is stopping you from doing what you would like to do. I want a teacher who's gonna say, I see and hear you, let's figure something else out so you can get to where you want to go. I love him. He's awesome. And he was so inspirational that there was one time he was doing a recital. I was so inspired. I had to leave his recital, during his recital, to go practice. It was so inspirational. And teachers liked that. When I told him, he was like, why did you leave, Marsha? And I was like, I was so inspired. Like, I had to practice. He was like, OK. Okay, I'll give you that. He continues to be inspirational. He just published a book of African, Latin, people of color collection of living composers and recently deceased composers. He just published it. He's not a person of color. He's not a person of color, and yet he's like, there's so much out there that has been hidden, and it's wonderful, and I'm glad that he's an advocate to getting it out there. When I was in college and going around town, People would say, oh, you have such life. What do you do? And I'm like, oh, I'm a musician. They were like, oh, you sing gospel. No. Oh, jazz. Your ignorance is showing. No, I play the cello. What's that? You know what a violin is? Yeah, okay, it's big. I even had one time someone tell me that I was too articulate. Yeah, I was too articulate. What does that mean? I'm too articulate. My grandma was a teacher. I love stories and I listen to how people speak. Aren't I clear? Shouldn't everybody be clear if they're trying to communicate? What does that mean, I'm too articulate? That's their problem. They haven't trained their ears to hear the articulation. That's on you, babe. I left Knoxville and came to Maine because I started conducting in Knoxville, and I wanted to find a teacher that didn't have a big ego, because I didn't have time for that. I really wanted to learn. And so I sent out an email to a lot of professors and universities, and I asked them one question. When you are preparing a piece, do you prepare it according to the composer's wishes, dead composer's wishes, to the best of your ability, given that we have different instruments today, or do you do what you want? So many conductors said, oh, they're dead, I do what I want. But my teacher up in Maine, Dr. Robert Lehman, he said, given today's period instruments, I will program things because I respect the composer and what he or she was trying to do. I try to adhere to their wishes, adding my own little flair, and also taking into consideration today's modern instruments. I'm like, oh yes, okay. So you're bringing respect to the artist, the original artist. I really dug that. And so I started working with him up in Maine. Maine is, when I went to Maine the first time, it was dark at four o'clock. Now Chattanooga and Knoxville, we're on the same time zone. And so I got here, I'm like, what is going on? And it was wet and muddy. And so people in Maine was like, yeah, this is mud season. And they're like, yeah, we're so far east on the eastern time zone that we should be in the other time zone. I'm like, oh, okay, that's weird. But I started, studied with Dr. Lehman in Maine. Got everything that I needed. Everything that I needed. But while I was up there, I was the conductor of a local youth orchestra. And I loved it so much. But things change. People evolve. People's egos get in the way and are threatened. When that happens, I noticed that I started, it was a pattern. Apparently I was intimidating. just being, I was just intimidating, asking questions was intimidating. So I'm like, OK, all right, well, bye, Felicia. You do you. I'm going to go over here and just continue to be. I always try to learn from my experiences, whether they're good or bad. I think it's a great thing to do. Another piece that I want to play for you. This composer lives in Gloucester. Tom Fabonio, his wife, Mary Jane, is a cellist and she plays in my orchestra whenever I ask her. And he's pretty popular in the UK, yeah. But he creates and writes these pieces that I love. like as well. This one is called The First of Winter. It's actually dedicated to a friend of ours, Judy, I just saw her today, and her husband. So this is The First of Winter. My first winter here in New England, very different from Tennessee. I was sitting in the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra. This was 2007. And I had no clue that you all have no humidity during the winter. No humidity. So I wasn't aware that It's going to do things to my cello. I'm sitting in orchestra. Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. I'm listening to the conductor talk about other things, because I'm a good student. Because what he's saying over there across the orchestra may apply to me. So I'm listening and being like, OK, all right. I'm like, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. Yeah, yeah, OK, yeah, we have that later on. OK, and then just kind of look down at my cello. And this neck right here was detached from the body. It was like a person walking around with a broken neck. And so I'm sitting there in orchestra, I'm going, oh! And it hadn't snapped. It just had kind of came apart because it was just dry, dry, dry. The wood was just dry. However, I didn't notice it because the strings were still intact. I was playing on it. I mean, this is a lot of pounds per square inch these strings are holding, but I stopped. I couldn't, I was traumatized. I've never seen that before. And then they're like, you don't do a humidifier? I'm like, what is that? I come from Tennessee. I live in the Smoky Mountains. It's humidity everywhere. They're like, yeah, Marshaunda, it's dry here. And I'm like, what is that? And that was a quick, hard lesson to learn. Thankfully, I actually got this cello up here in the Boston area from Rooning and Sons in Boston. And they shipped it down to Tennessee. That was before I knew I was going to come up here to Boston. So I was just like, fix it. And so they fixed my cello. And then life went on and played and kept playing here and there. always trying to find my bliss. So I was trying to find my bliss. There was one time where I was actually homeless. I was actually homeless. I lived on people's couches. I Worked and drove to Maine for three days to Rockport, Maine. I drove there on Sunday nights. Stayed to Tuesday, came back down, stayed with some friends in Somerville for two days, some friends in Medford for two days. One person in somewhere, Arlington, I think. And then rinse and repeat. My goal was to just keep working to pay off my car so I can continue to do music. I was having lessons on the side whenever I can, really just hustling. Teachers don't make anything. Teachers don't make anything. And there was one time where I was tired. I had gotten my degree and I'm like, At this moment, I was house cleaning in the Boston area. I made bank, house cleaning. That was very lucrative. But that's not what I wanted to do, even though I could have kept going and actually bought a house. I was like, this is not what I want to do. I want to wake up every morning and be like, I'm going to. feed my soul somehow. So I decided to go back down to Tennessee because the cost of living is much lower, much lower. Yeah, yeah. And so at that time, I was also on the board of the North Shore Philharmonic and one of the board members, I told the board members, I'm like, yeah, I'm gonna go back to Tennessee and I'm just, I'm tired. I don't wanna do this. And one of the board members said, well, Marshanda, I have a house. I'm like, good for you. He's like, well, it's my mom's house. Good for her. It's empty, Marshanda. OK. OK. um where's your where's your mom oh she's in the nursing home she has low-grade dementia she's about probably about five six years to live i'm like okay he's like well we kind of need someone in the house for insurance purposes it's it's i'm like where is the house he said hamilton winom and i'm like Okay, he was like, oh yeah, it's a four bedroom, two car garage, large backyard, front yard, it's this and this and this and this, and I'm like, ah, I can't afford that. I'm paying $800 for a room with strangers, I can't do that. He was like, no, you don't have to pay, just pay for your utilities, just be in the house. Oh, yeah. Yeah. So blessings come in all different ways. I stayed there for about four or five years. I paid off two student loans. I was not going to let that. I took advantage of that. I took care of bills. I put my car back in working order. I did some more networking, got some more education. I fully took advantage of that. because not too many people have that gift. Oh yeah, at that time, thank you, I started No Name Orchestra. So I had the mental capacity and mental space to start things and actually start my path of finding my bliss. And I started Waldorf at the same time that I moved into that house in Waldorf School. was very close to my school, Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, where they just said, Marshaunda, we just want you to be. You want me to be? They're like, yeah, the kids need to see different people just be. Oh, and for the first time in my life, I felt, wow, this is an organization that was not created for someone who looked like me, but they're saying, just exist. I felt so great to be amongst people that are just like, come as you are, like wholly come as you are. And let's collaborate. Bring your skills. What can you teach my kids? What can I learn from you? And I'm like, really? We could collaborate? I can learn from you? You can learn from me? And there's like no ego in it. Like if I ask you a question, I'm not challenging you. I honestly want to know. They're like, yeah. I loved it, I loved it. I went on and got actually a certificate in Waldorf Music Education. I'm now teaching Waldorf teachers in a couple of weeks. I'm going down to Virginia to actually, to look at some other teachers and evaluate them. So I'm in the Waldorf movement because they are the first organization that just allowed me to be as a black girl. And I loved it, and that allowed me to flourish and find my bliss. I did no name, went on so many auditions, meeting people, and life is fun. Life is fun when you meet these people, when you actually sit down and have these conversations. How did you get here? What do you do? Why did you choose that? And not be offended. when somebody asks you that, because it could be somebody just like me who just actually is interested in people in the world and your walk of life, and they actually want to learn. We always say, oh, you should learn from our mistakes. Oh, I'm taking that to heart. What wisdom can you impart on me? And thank you for your gift. It's fun. It's fun, I try to eliminate as much drama as possible. God, I don't have time for that. Nobody got time for that. And I definitely do hold my boundaries because there's only one life to live and I'm loving all the beautiful things that come at me and all the beautiful people that I learn from, all the new doors in my life. in my head that are opened because I ask people questions. And so when it comes to pieces that I'm playing, I love to ask the composers, why did you do this? Not as, you know, why'd you do that? But just like, what's going through your mind? My professor, Dr. Baldwin, when I was back in undergraduate school, he was, I was studying the Brahms cello sonata in E minor, and he asked me, he was like, Marshana, do you know what this is about? I'm like, no, I'm just playing the notes, because you told me to, you're my teacher, I'm just gonna do that, you know, I'm a good student. He was like, you should look up what's going on with this, and I did. And he wrote this cello sonata after the passing of his mom. And I was like, That makes sense now. Oh, and after realizing that, I played it differently. Because I played it with a heavy heart. I played it as condolences. And it changed. how I look at music. It's more than notes on a pape. Same way I treat people, like, why? Like, how did you get to be who you are, what you are today? What's the inner meaning of the soul of this piece? What's the joy of this piece? And even if I come to a piece that doesn't have a history, I have a vivid imagination. Well, what is it telling me? What am I imagining? Because I want to tell this story to the audience. And if the audience sees that this is a sad part or a happy part, I need to relay that as a performer. I want to bring them into the music. And when I'm talking to people, I want to come into you so I can figure out what makes you move? As a human being, we all move differently. What makes you move? So I'm looking at the time and it is nine o'clock so we're right at the time. I know it's more talking than playing but I'm gonna play one more thing and I invite everybody to sit down and have coffee with your neighbor. When's the last time you actually sat down with your neighbor and just had coffee? just talk to them. What were you doing in 1980? What was that year like for you? And just have a conversation and just listen. It's fascinating, people's journeys. At least I find it fascinating. Like I said at the beginning, I learned so much about myself and the world around me and pieces of the world that I may not touch, but I learn. I'm going to do, see I already did the tango, ah. This is another Charles Turner special. It's from his minute pieces. This is A Minute of Crazy Love.
[Burke]: Lanmou fè m 'limyè tankou lè. Mwen sote leve, li desann, men mwen pa desann.
[SPEAKER_02]: K ap grenpe ti mòn fasil. Lanmou fè m 'chante opera. Lanmou se tankou naje desann yon kaskad. Oswa moute yon kaskad.
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