![]() You are part of a rising generation that isn’t afraid to call out racism and injustice when you see it. There was a lot of the night-before performing in the mirror. ![]() Most of my preparation was stepping into the emotionality of the poem, getting my body and my psyche ready for that moment. But everything was moving so quickly, I actually didn’t get to really sit down with the text until the night before. When I first wrote the poem, I was thinking that in the week leading up to the Inauguration I would be rehearsing every day. But you being the amazing person you are, you always remember. How did you prepare yourself for a moment like that?Įvery time we meet, I secretly hope you forget me because then I get a clean slate. I have to say I felt proud too you’ve always had so much poise and grace, but seeing you address the whole country like that, I couldn’t help thinking to myself: Well, this girl has grown all the way up. It was your presence onstage, the confidence you exuded as a young Black woman helping to turn the page to a more hopeful chapter in American leadership. The power of your words blew me away-but it was more than that. Like the rest of the country, I was profoundly moved as I watched you read your poem “The Hill We Climb” at last month’s Inauguration. ![]()
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