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<\/a>De\u2019Arbreya Lee Jackson State University\u2019s spoken and written word organization, OutSpoken, hosted its third annual forum, Resistance is Futile: Where Poetry and Openness Meet, on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011.<\/p>\n \u201cTo resist is to oppose or speak out against. To be futile is to be useless, therefore to just say and not do anything makes your opposition useless,\u201d said Nicole Humphrey, a senior English major from Chicago, Ill., and president of OutSpoken.<\/p>\n The organization\u2019s main mission is to educate through the arts. A poem is recited by an OutSpoken member, then the floor is opened for discussion.<\/p>\n Some of the topics of the night included diversity, Black History Month, relationships, voting, and the relevance of historically black colleges and universities.<\/p>\n Humphrey explained the reason why the topics were chosen.<\/p>\n \u201cMany times, we are unaware of the power we possess over our own destiny. It\u2019s important to address these issues because they affect our everyday life,\u201d said Humphrey. \u201cInstead of just throwing questions at the audience, we perform in an attempt to get them thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n She added, \u201cPoetry gives us a way to express our opinions about the subject creatively and artistically.\u201d<\/p>\n Nneka Ayozie, a sophomore mass communications major from Jackson, Miss., believes the forum was relevant to students.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was really intellectual and I like the topics because they were college related,\u201d said Ayozie.<\/p>\n JaColby Adams, a freshman psychology major from Monroe, La., was among the audience members who participated in the conversations discussed at the forum.<\/p>\n \u201cThe input was better than I expected it to be because I didn\u2019t know that it was an open forum,\u201d said Adams.<\/p>\n Adams stated that the forum\u00a0 changed some of her opinions about the topics discussed.<\/p>\n \u201cI really enjoyed the experience. I enjoyed the intellectual conversation that I was able to have with my people.\u00a0 I learned to embrace certain parts of my culture,\u201d said Adams.<\/p>\n Humphrey believes that the turnout was great, and would love to see thousands in attendance one day.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe each person left with something they didn\u2019t bring in, whether it be respect, understanding or inspiration,\u201d said Humphrey.<\/p>\n OutSpoken holds these events every year and welcomes the participation of students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" De\u2019Arbreya Lee Staff Writer Jackson State University\u2019s spoken and written word organization, OutSpoken, hosted its third annual forum, Resistance is Futile: Where Poetry and Openness…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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