2025 Deadline for Spokane Black Voices Symposium

Theme: Powered by Courage 

"Sometimes just showing up is a revolutionary act."  What does this statement mean to you and how does it connect to courage?

Prompts:

• How can courage become contagious and why is that important?

• What is your definition of courage?

• Reflect on a time when you displayed great courage when the world was not watching. 

•  What person - family/friends/mentor has most influenced your courage?

• What time in your life did you need to be courageous and what happenned?

• Describe an area of your life in which you wish you were more courageous

• Complete this thought in prose or art "Every day, I show courage by..."

• It can take a lot of courage to simply be yourself when you feel society doesn’t accept you - how do you hide or express yourself. Do you feel courageos with that choice? Why?

• Telll/write/draw/express a time where you witnessed someone else be powered by courage