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Misty Sol
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2006 Art and Change Grant – $2,500
- Neighborhood: West Philadelphia
- Change Partner: Leona Brewington
- Discipline: Literary Arts
- Social Change / Intent: Displacement / Migration / Immigration, Racial Justice
In September 2006, Misty conducted formal interviews, both written and video, in Georgia, with her great aunties about their family history, focusing on her grandmother's flight from the South in the late 1930s, following the lynching of her brother. These interviews served as the basis for a series of essays and poetry on her family history, which she performed for the larger black community and shared through workshops on history, movement, and identity. This project is the beginning of her discourse on negotiating a sense of self in relation to history; this discourse will help provide confidence and ancestral guidance to Misty, other family members, and the larger black community. Misty's work will allow her to explore how displacement and movement have shaped the identity and history of black people. Currently, Misty is working on a stage production, a short documentary, and youth workshops inspired by her research.
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