Episode 5: Kathi Bentley - Love at the River's Edge

<h2><u>Threshold Questions and Juicy Quotes:</u></h2><p><strong>Can collective creation change settled world views?</strong></p><blockquote>I mean, there are a couple of Mexican families in Brussels. They're no black folks. So, I would always kid that I was like, you know, that's a cute little house, and if I bought that, I'd be okay. Like, yeah. You know, for some of those students, this was prayerfully life changing in how they see folks and communities that are different than them and for our students from Normandy.</blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><p><strong>Can we build lasting bridges between communities separated by race and culture?</strong></p><blockquote>You’ve got to have people love each other. You’ve got to have people like, "Can't wait to see you at rehearsal."... because then on stage, I got your back ... that experience it was so affirming to me about the power of just having people just talk to each other, you know, so they fell in love with each other. I fell in love with them. <strong>&nbsp;</strong></blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><p><strong>What kind of leadership grows community ownership and accountability? </strong></p><blockquote>I'm humbled by the whole experience. You know, because often people don't know or really care who the director is, and that's okay. That's my goal. So, it's nice to just be on the ferry and nobody know what my roll was in it and hear people like, this is so cool. Oh my gosh, I can't believe we're doing this.</blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><h2><u>Links</u></h2><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Performing-Arts-School/Blackberry-Productions-724325074317604/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Blackberry Productions</a></p><p><a href="https://stlshakes.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">St. Louis Shakespeare Festival: </a></p><p><a href="https://stlshakes.org/in-the-streets/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shakespeare, in the Streets</a></p><p><a href="https://nyupress.org/9780976605461/art-a