[Capchapohio] OSU performance March 16; Visions of Change - Lynn Manning

[Sammons, Elizabeth]

From: ADA-OSU [mailto:ada-osu at osu.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 10:29 AM
To: ADA-OSU
Subject: Transforming Race 2012: Visions of Change - Lynn Manning


Lynn Manning<http://lynnmanning.com/>

Award winning poet, playwright, actor and blind Judo World Champion

FRIDAY MARCH 16, 8 p.m.

Ohio State University's Mershon Auditorium

1871 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43210

The performance is free for participants in the Kirwan Institutes Conference, Transforming Race 2012: Visions of Change<http://transforming-race.org/tr2012/register/> and is available to the general public for $35*.  For information, tickets, registration or to request accommodations contact: registration at transforming-race.org<mailto:registration at transforming-race.org> or call (614) 657-3739.  Purchase online at http://www.transforming-race.org<Http://www.transforming-race.org>

Image of a white cane partially unfolded to make a stylized lighening bolt


The Magic Wand
As spoken by Lynn Manning<http://lynnmanning.com/images/26.The_Magic_Wand.mp3>

Quick-change artist extraordinaire,
I whip out my folded cane
and change from black man to blind man
with a flick of my wrist.

It is a profound metamorphosis-
>From God gifted wizard of roundball
dominating backboards across America,
To God-gifted idiot savant composer
pounding out chart-busters on a cockeyed whim;
>From sociopathic gangbanger with death for eyes
to all-seeing soul with saintly spirit;
>From rape deranged misogynist
to poor motherless child;
>From welfare-rich pimp
to disability-rich gimp;
And from 'white man's burden'
to every man's burden.

It is always a profound metamorphosis.
Whether from cursed by man to cursed by God;
or from scriptures condemned to God ordained,
My final form is never of my choosing;
I only wield the wand;
You are the magicians.

*A limited number of discounted/scholarship tickets has been provided by our generous sponsors to assist individuals and nonprofit organizations. If you have questions please contact Scott Lissner at Lissner.2 at osu.edu<mailto:Lissner.2 at osu.edu>

L. Scott Lissner, University ADA Coordinator
Office Of Diversity and Inclusion

281 W. Lane Ave<http://www.osu.edu/map/building.php?area=northdorms&building=160>
Columbus, OH 43210-1266

(614) 292-6207(v); (614) 688-8605(tty)
(614) 688-3665(fax); Http://ada.osu.edu<http://ada.osu.edu/>

REGISTRATION OPEN  2012 MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES CONFERENCE<http://ada.osu.edu/conferences/2012Conf/2012program.html>

Jason Nicholson

Graduate Assistant

ADA Coordinator's Office

The Ohio State University

614-292-6207
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