Conversation with Hannah Nentakpeh
For the last several years, TCS has been building a relationship with a youth group in Liberia called B4YT – Burning Barriers Building Bridges Youth Theatre. Today, we had a video conference “Conversation with…” their Executive Director Hannah Nentakpeh , who is currently studying in India. Also joining the conversation was Jalen Rose, B4YT Director of the African Diaspora who is living in Maryland.
This conversation discussed the successes and limitations of the efforts that both organizations have made to communicate and connect. This year we changed from trying live internet based conversations to prerecording videos on the same topic and sending them back and forth. This became necessary because B4YT has to endure internet outages and inconsistency in Liberia.
Everyone shared how meaningful the interactions have been learning about each other’s lives and cultures. We explored options for building the relationship next year. Janiah and Jalen will be meeting in the upcoming weeks to develop our plan.
We appreciate Hannah joining this conversation in the middle of the night from India and look forward to continuing and deepening our ties with B4YT.