Name: "Chasms"
Uploaded: 2018-09-28T12:37:56Z
Duration: 6 min 13 s
Description: Writer and activist Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes lights up the stage with a powerful poem about hope, truth and the space between who we are and who we want to be.

Writer and activist Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes lights up the stage with a powerful poem about hope, truth and the space between who we are and who we want to be.

"Chasms"

Facing the vast chasms between ideals and reality, people often struggle to connect. In New Orleans, the construction of Interstate 10 in 1966 destroyed 326 Black-owned businesses and uprooted over 300 live oaks in Tremé, unraveling a thriving community. Hope and collective truth offer the only bridge across these divides. Transforming pain into renewal, communities reclaim spaces under highways to build equity, memory, and justice.