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The Picador Volume 7, Issue 7
A PUBLICATION BY HOLDERNESS STUDENTS FOR THE HOLDERNESS SCHOOL COMMUNITY
January 20, 2012
MLK Day Workshops and Movie Challenge Students’ Assumptions School. She is currently the Co-Director of Diversity at Georgetown Day School.
By Charlie Williams ’13 Every year Holderness makes an attempt to raise awareness of various social issues, be it race, sexual preference, or drugs and alcohol. This year has been no different. Monday marked a day of remembrance for the great civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., and the Holderness community celebrated his life by spending parts of the holiday weekend talking about issues of social class and privilege. The events began Thursday night when we watched a Morgan Spurlock show called 30 Days: Living on Minimum Wage in which, for one month, he and his fiancé worked minimum wage jobs in Columbus, Ohio. Friday morning was spent discussing what we watched with our advisors over a delicious breakfast provided by the
Mr. Higgins and his group create sculptures reflecting their ideas on social equality during their workshop with Ms. Field.
highly qualified Holderness kitchen staff. From there we headed into a packed Hagerman Auditorium where we listened to a riveting talk about privilege in America delivered by the renowned Mariama Richards of Georgetown Day School. Mrs. Richards has been an
educator for twelve years. She matriculated from Cornell University and Spellman College where she majored in history. She has been the director of Summerbridge New Haven at Hopkins School; a humanities instructor at Capitol Hill Day School; and a social studies instructor at Alice Deal Junior High
After the meeting, we separated into smaller groups and headed off to several workshops. They included a sculpture workshop with Ms. Field, a discussion group with Mr. Sheppe, a poster activity with Ms. Dopp, and a video viewing with Ms. Pfenninger, to name a few. Each workshop focused on different aspects of privilege and questions were raised regarding the equal opportunity for members of different classes. What factors determine someone's class? What defines your social status? Some of the questions were even answered in terms of the great MLK. As Connor Kenney put it, “Difficult questions allowed us, as a community, to chal(Continued on page 2)
Quote of the Week: “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience,
but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.