Thank you for visiting this page!! Below you will find videos, photos of the Cast with the Organizer of the events, and a Poem! Different Montages of our GLADIATORSuniteNYC2013 Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-27, 2013.
Meet N Greet is one of those Magical Moments that you just have to go AWWWW…
The 1st Annual Worldwide GLADIATORS MeetWhoYouTweet Event in NYC Memorial Day Weekend May 24 – 27, 2013!!
GLADIATORS at the KARAOKE Bar STOUT in NYC Memorial Day Weekend 2013!!
Video 1 Montage of our Weekend in NYC!
Video courtesy of Kenneth Smith @niceworkice
Photo and Video Montage 2 of our Friday night in NYC!
Photos courtesy of Liz Corney/Video courtesy of Veronica (@IluvOlitz)
Video 4 of the Gladiators at KARAOKE night NYC’s Stout Bar…singing “You’re All I Need To Get By…Video courtesy of JoyfulGirl Monica Villarreall @Joyfulgirl326
Photos of Josie and Cast of Scandal and Executive Producers, with Shonda, Betsy, Judy, Lyn, Kerry, Tony, Guillermo, Darby, Katie, Scott, Joe
Darby Stanchfield aka Abby
Guillermo Diaz aka Huck
Katie Lowes aka Quinn
Lyn Paolo Scandal’s Costume Designer
Scott Foley aka Jake
Shonda Rhimes, Creator
Betsy Beers, Exec Producer
Judy Smith based on her life
Joe Morton as Papa Pope
Josie and Kerry Washington aka Olivia Pope
Josie with Tony Goldwyn aka President Fitzgerald (FITZ) Grant
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Gladiators at the Apollo with Billy Mitchell…
A Poem written by one of our Canadian Gladiators…she wrote it in 5 minutes!
Finding my heart at the Apollo
An original Poem by ‘Kego Onyido
Perhaps it was the voices of ancestors taken from us so long ago
Perhaps it was my own restless heart telling me to go
And so I simply arose and chose
To listen to the unsung songs of my soul
And I followed my beautiful soul sister Josie on the long road to the Apollo
Along with all my strong, wonderful, magnificent Scandal soul sisters
Outspoken, shy, gentle, mighty, powerful, passionate…Gladiators All!
Empowered souls, re-connecting, rising majestically from every past fall
We found ourselves together, with our spirits willing and our hearts bared open
And in these hallowed walls, I found a long-lost brother, Mr. Billy Mitchell
Oh! What deep, painful, and uplifting triumphant stories he had to tell
Beautiful stories of humble beginnings, searing struggles, and of happy endings
Stories of heroes and of sheroes, of poets, of dancers, of singers and of actors…
He told his story, he told our story—
He told the buried stories of our long-forgotten ancestors.
Look at me, little me
It all finally makes sense
This unfinished journey to find my life’s essence
From the beautiful, broken, bruised heart of Africa, across oceans to Canada
Standing here now, in this moment, at the Apollo, the heartbeat of Harlem
Such a long way from my hometown, my little village of Amichi
It is so very bittersweet
That I who speak the language of Wall Street
And breathe the air of finance in a world shrouded in ego
Should find myself at this sacred place, the Apollo
Only to learn of history so shameful, filled with dirty secrets and lies
Wall Street! Our shinning beacon of world power, trade, and prosperity
It was built to hide away our collective shame of shackles and chains,
Anchored on foundations laid down with the sweat and tears and blood
Of beloved ancestors buried deep in hidden, abandoned, dishonored graves
And today, we learn to hold the future in trust for our unborn children
To bequeath to them the gift of education, the values of honour and integrity
And the courage to take on life’s challenges, to always stand up tall and fight!
I stand here, humbled, healed, and finally home, as I find my heart
Beating safely, in the loving embrace of my scandal-soul-sisters, Gladiators Unite!
[Pending Copyright. ‘Kego Onyido. Written May 25, 2013]
More poems are available under the ‘Poetry and Prose’ section of the following blog: www.wholewomannetwork.org
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