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Peace Corner
Peace Corner
Ella Tabu shares her peace corner.
Ella Simone Tabu shares her family practices for building a peace corner.
ACTRESS | DANCER | SINGER
Star of stage and screen, Ella Simone Tabu is a triple threat — acting, singing, and dancing. She began her acting career at age two alongside Elmo on a segment of Sesame Street. Since then, this SAG-AFTRA actress has been featured in a host of productions large and small from television commercials for Toys R’ Us and Subaru to television appearances on New Girl and Lost in Space. Little Mermaid and Cats are among Ella’s musical theatre credits. She is also featured in the “Nana” pilot, starring Katey Segal. “Dependents Day” and recently “Survival,” where she plays Elise Neal’s daughter, are among her feature film credits.
Ella steals any room with her captivating eyes and warms the hearts of strangers with her wide cheery smile. When she’s not on stage or screen, her nose is tucked into a book. She enjoys reading fantasy and science fiction novels and collecting American Girl dolls and Lol Surprise.
Ella was discovered by a casting director at Broadway Casting in Santa Monica while she was waiting for her sister at an audition. She sang for her, told her stories, and even posed for her camera. The casting director strongly suggested that Ella’s parents get her an interview with her sister’s agent. They did, and the rest is history.
Follow Ella on Instagram at @ellatabu.
The Anti-racist Youth Coalition (A.Y.C.)
The Anti-racist Youth Coalition (A.Y.C.)
The Anti-racist Youth Coalition (A.Y.C.) was founded by Monique Marshall and Sandi Crozier in July of 2020. Fifty children aged 9 to 12 signed up and participated in the first A.Y.C. camp which ran from 9am-12pm over 4 days via Zoom. It was a relatively short amount of time, but WOW did we learn so much from each other, grow together, and create amazing works of art. A.Y.C. gave young children space to learn more about their identity, to expose and teach them about racial injustice in America, and to work with them to use their creativity to make change through the arts. After the first hour of each day (full of rich learnings and dialogue about race and racial injustice in the U.S.) we broke into "Artivist" (art+activist) breakout rooms with art specialists. We then reconvened and closed for the last hour, learning even more! At the end of the four days, each “artivist” group produced works of art showing their learning about identity, race, inequality, and social justice. Maddie Bradshaw, (the tech brains behind the scenes) created the A.Y.C. website, helped organize our "artivist" groups into breakout rooms, and did so much more for us all!
OUR FINAL WORK AFTER THE FOUR DAYS OF CAMP:
1.) Literary “Artivists” led by Sandi Crozier:
-Literary book nook with poems and short stories about race and racism
2.) Visual Arts “Artivists” led by Kusum Nairi:
-Beautiful artwork inspired by Black and brown artists
3.) Dramatic “Artivists” led by Monique Marshall and Jennifer Carroll:
-Public service announcement video on microaggressions
4.) Musical “Artivists” led by Moreau Halliburton:
-Anti-racist call to action music video!
A lot happened during A.Y.C., so please visit the A.Y.C. website and click through the beautiful platform Maddie created that compiles all of the work from our four "artivist" groups. To learn more about Monique Marshall Strategy & Consulting visit https://mmscequity.com/about
These kids put their heart and SOUL into their anti-racist artwork for the world to see. Please share, spread the love, and help us educate/inspire your peers, friends, and family! Anti-racism is lifelong work... get started NOW!
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