The Tara Lake Show

Thank you so much for joining me for this season conclusion of the Tara Lake Show.

I appreciate your taking the time to join me on this journey – a special, 8 episode season. As the project closes, I’m thinking about dreams: The ones we have for ourselves, for our families, for our nations and for this planet we call home. 

During the season, I shared stories that inspired my interest, my admiration, and my concern.  And looking ahead I’ve been thinking about our pathway toward solutions.  How do we envision our world evolving, and what part do we want to play? I’m thinking about this in terms of the stories I plan to bring my friends and listeners, people like you who care about where we are headed and what we can do at this very critical juncture in our history. When we dare to dream, we can face the most difficult of circumstances without losing hope.  We can face down social inequity, political injustice, and economic uncertainty with dignity and strength.  We can find solutions within our families, our social structures and our religious communities, and we can build a new and more just reality.

This episode highlights the dreams of our neighbors, and celebrates the lives of activists who did not let the most dire of circumstances put an end to their dreams. As a result, they changed the lives of thousands.

I’d love to know — What are you dreaming of, Listener? What kind of world would you like to build?

Thanks so much, again, for taking the time to listen this season. Please stay well, healthy & happy – And Keep Dreaming!

Dr. Matilda Evans

Mrs. Fannie B. Peck

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Thanks so much for joining me for this week’s episode of the Tara Lake show.
Today, as part of this special eight-episode season, I’m excited to share the second installment in my three part series on poet, author, and activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Last week, we learned a bit more about this inspiring pioneer and her role in history, and we explored some of her poetry. Harper began publishing in poetry in 1845, at the age of 20, and later became known for her fiction as well. She utilized her fiction to inspire, uplift, and educate audiences — and to dramatize the social issues that motivated her work and activism. Frances E.W. Harper lived and worked in Philadelphia for decades in the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century, and I produced this project for Philadelphia radio audiences. As producer, writer, editor, voice performer, I added elements of audio theatre to this production. We are truly fortunate to have Frances E. W. Harper’s work with us today. More than 130 years on, Harper’s serialized novels speak powerfully to the present.

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