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Doreen

About Me

straight out of canton, by way of shanghai, then hong kong and finally nyc... meets existentialist by way of brooklyn....makes me: still a human being. so don't ask me, "what are you?" i'm a listener who can speak, a dancer who can paint, awed by the power of creation and the power of critical theory to create. a feminist pisces riding the third wave. i am humbled by the brilliance and beauty of human beings when they are brilliant and beautiful; there are not enough of us who have the strength to actualize this for ourselves, and i'm blessed to know so many who do as friends.

My Interests

GROWTH "i wanna introduce you to me. i'm just getting to know me. and lemme tell you, anything that's not growing is dead." - lauryn hill transformation and healing, SUSTAINABLE ACTIVISM, praxis, dialogue not debate, yoga and movement, girls and women, dance and theatre as organizing tools, CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities (I heart ARM), good food of all kinds and dark chocolate, my cats, the challenge to love real, and building positive relationships

Music:

soul and neosoul, world, funk, jazz, r & b, hip hop, trip hop, and songstresses

Movies:

volver, labyrinth, amelie, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, frida, do the right thing, jungle fever, happy together

Books:

peace is every step, who's irish?, sister outsider, meridian, art and fear, communion, all about love, teaching to transgress, pedagogy of the oppressed, a citizen's guide to hope in a time of a war