Tomaro Secondary School alum, Israel Okon, was its first valedictorian and is attending the University of Lagos through The Dream School Foundation’s scholarship program. As we work through post-production, his visionary voice has naturally emerged at the heart of our edits and generated more excitement in the process. And, Israel has also emerged as integral part of the production team.
A ‘regular guy’ with an extraordinary vision.
Akinno, a Nigerian musician & former student of the Tomaro Secondary Schools, dropped his new EP here. Check it out; we are hoping to collaborate with him on a song for our doc.
From Naijawhisper.com.ng:
Akinno has come back again with a 5 track EP
The EP is titled “Different Sounds That Valid (D.S.T.V)” and features collaborations with 3 different artists who all bring different flows, concepts and styles to it.
It’s a mixture of Afro-pop, Afro-soul, and afro hip hop so there is something for everybody to enjoy.
Connect with Akinno on all social media platforms @Akinno.
Opinion writer, Manjoo, suggests Amazon customers should email Bezos. Here’s mine; feel free to copy or change it in your own email. It’s a small thing, but maybe we can flood his email with requests.
Hi, Jeff,
My partner has had an Amazon membership for years & I’ve considered convincing them to cancel it.
Admittedly, your services are convenient, and I use the membership. But would like to do that with less guilt.
Clearly, you are an innovative thinker with a lot of resources at your fingertips. I call on you to lead in more than just sales, but also in worker’s rights & compensation, support of unionization, and a reduction in our shared carbon footprint. Based on reports in the news like the NY Times (you may have seen the OpEd from this week), Amazon’s warehouses are often described in dehumanizing terms; human bodies are treated like robots and the work wears on people’s minds and bodies – from tracking every second of a worker’s day to literally and figuratively numbing repetition.
I also hate envisioning the ecofootprint I contribute with the whole cycle of purchasing – including the waste created by the packaging (I do appreciate a bit that our last package sleeve could be recycled like cardboard).
I would trade convenience & savings for the dignity of our fellow humans & our Earth.
Thank you,
Kimberly
Your thoughts on the draft of our logo? The website is under construction!
The Post-Assessment: Teaching was always a challenge. Then came 2020: a pandemic, political implosions, and a reckoning with systematic racism. Here, two seasoned teachers invite colleagues to tell us like it is – and what they envision it could be. See our FB page.
Rashon & I just launched our teacher vlog project: The Post-Assessment.
What: The education before the pandemic did not serve many students well. Let’s start a conversation on what works and what doesn’t.
Send us video (or audio) of you sharing your experiences and ideas.
Our first prompt asks for teachers to tell how and when their school was shut down in March, but we welcome you to voice any ideas around education.
About: Teaching was always a challenge. Then came 2020: a pandemic, political implosions, and a reckoning with systematic racism.
Here, two seasoned teachers invite colleagues to tell us like it is – and what they envision it could be.
We are finally, officially in post-production for a short film on Tomaro. Our editor is delivering the 2nd cut this week and am really excited to continue the process.
And, we will be really excited for our premiere (TBD).
In the meantime, here is a screenshot from the first cut.
We are excited to announce that our new trailer is ready and will be available to our collaborators and supporters this weekend!
Additionally, we have renamed our film; Tomaro: Knowledge is Power to honor the Tomaro Secondary Schools’ alma mater, “Knowledge is Power.”
We are grateful that Dr. Chima Korieh of Marquette University shared the last day of his Thanksgiving holiday to interview with us for the film. As a professor and author of West African studies, he provided us with a strong historical context on education in Nigeria and a vision for greater success.
Dr. Korieh and Dena had a particularly engaging on-camera conversation as they are both school founders; Dr. Korieh founded and leads a private school in Imo, Nigeria, his home state.
Thank you, Ryan McCarthy, he joined our team as our editor; with his dedication and that of the rest of the crew; we are near the final cut of our 9 minute sizzler.
We are fortunate to have a talented editor join our team and we are moving forward with a fresh new 5-minute teaser; we can’t wait for our supporters to see it!
Also, we just filmed a new interview with Dena and are planning an interview with a professor of Nigerian studies that will help give context to the film.
As always, we thank you because your support helps us to make this film happen.
