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An Unforgettable Night in DC

Bono, of course. Behind him to the left in the white mask is Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Last night I had the pleasure of representing Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and Drexel’s Office of Global Engagement at the star-studded 2021 Fulbright Prize for International Understanding ceremony in our nation’s capital. This year, the award went to Bono in case you haven’t already figured that out.

My red carpet moment.

You can watch the entire inspiring ceremony below.

Myself with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ethan Rosenzweig (center) and fellow Fulbright Alumni Ambassador Prof. Jeffrey B. Johnson from Boise State University.
Myself with Prof. Johnson and IIE Co-President A. Sarah Ilchman. The IIE is the Institute of International Education, a global nonprofit that administers the Fulbright program for the US State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Bono’s jaw-dropping speech starts around 59:20 (the link is cued up for you). He is introduced by the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the first woman and first African to hold the position, Dr. Ngozi Okon-Jo-Iweala.

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Psyched to be meeting this guy next week in DC where I’ll be repping Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design’s Screenwriting & Playwriting program and the Drexel University Office of Global Engagement.

More at https://fulbright.org/programs/prize/

Jatra With Me

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Jatra star Tapasi Moon

I’m thrilled to share this piece Drexel University asked me to write for their website. It’s only one small part of my Fulbright-Nehru research but the first that any of it’s been published (hopefully this is just an appetizer). I’m honored that they took interest enough to have asked me for it.

 

Yours Truly backstage with actors Subhayu Mukherjee, Dibakar De and Tapashi Moon.
Yours Truly backstage with actors Subhayu Mukherjee, Dibakar De and Tapashi Moon.
Ashok Banerjee and Biswajit Majhi
Ashok Banerjee and Biswajit Majh
Timir Mondal and RJ Jayee
Timir Mondal and RJ Jayee
Light board operator Atanu
Light board operator Atanu
Tapashi Moon, Bengali film star Dulal Lahiri, Ruma Dasgupta and Subhayu Mukherjee
Tapashi Moon, Bengali film star Dulal Lahiri, Ruma Dasgupta and Subhayu Mukherjee

Full article on Drexel University’s website here.

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Mine is not an official US Department of State website. The views and information presented are my own and do not represent the Fulbright Program or the Department of State.

Mantua Theater Project

Today wrapped up my 4th and final session of serving again this spring as a playwriting mentor to at-risk middle school youth in West Philly through Drexel University Theater Program Director Nick Anselmo‘s Mantua Theater Project. The plays are moving, hysterical, poignant, zany, all of the above. Next they get handed off to professional actors and directors and performed for the community as an evening of short, kid-written plays. It’s an unbelievable experience for everyone including me, and, most importantly, it blows the kids’ minds and opens them up to a whole new world of expressive possibility.