In response to the shooting of Oscar Grant III many Oakland citizens staged a peaceful protest. While I was already aware of incident, Chike Jeffers, a brilliant colleague and friend, sent me this video. My response, "His/their performance is brilliant, disturbing, commendable, heart wrenching, tear provoking, brave and dangerous all at once. This truly is a testament to the power of performance. Thanks for sharing bruh...and lets pray these kinds of incidences do not pepper this new year, but if they do, let us pray harder we all have the type of bravery these young women and men possess." As I watched this, I could not help but to think about Performance Scholar D. Soyini Madison's words. Speaking about the dynamic and powerful potential in performance, she writes, "I do not mean to imply that one performance can bring down a revolution, but one performance can be revolutionary in enlightening citizens to the possibilities that grate against injustice." Indeed, the protest and performance, the protest performance, these young women and men in Oakland engaged in should enlighten us all.
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