1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,180 Unknown: Hello, everyone, welcome to diversity in comics. 2 00:00:03,510 --> 00:00:07,470 I am one of your co hosts. My name is Glenn, and our co host, 3 00:00:07,470 --> 00:00:11,370 our main host is Gabby, we are so happy to have you all here. 4 00:00:11,730 --> 00:00:14,790 Thanks for being here. Thanks for taking time out of your 5 00:00:14,970 --> 00:00:19,950 schedules to be with us during diversity week. And we are going 6 00:00:19,950 --> 00:00:24,390 to get started with diversity in comics. Gabby, who is our main 7 00:00:24,390 --> 00:00:27,060 host, she came up with this idea and I'm so happy that so many of 8 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:31,410 you all are interested in it and are here with us today. So 9 00:00:31,410 --> 00:00:33,930 without further ado, um, I do want to let you all know that 10 00:00:33,930 --> 00:00:38,340 this is being recorded, and it will be accessible later on. 11 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,750 After we're done. So you can always come back to it. And 12 00:00:42,750 --> 00:00:46,470 yeah, let's go ahead and get going. So Gabby, if you don't 13 00:00:46,470 --> 00:00:47,910 mind taking it away. 14 00:00:48,350 --> 00:00:52,250 Okay. Hi, guys. My name is Gabby and I work at the downtown 15 00:00:52,250 --> 00:00:55,850 campus library as a library technical assistant. Today, I 16 00:00:55,850 --> 00:01:02,480 will present in you diversity in comics. So let's get started. So 17 00:01:03,500 --> 00:01:08,390 I'm gonna show you or share with you some diversity comics using 18 00:01:08,420 --> 00:01:14,120 Webtoon as a resource. We have question and answers later on 19 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:18,200 the presentation. But if you know about this program, that 20 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:21,770 will be great. But I will show you a little bit about Webtoon 21 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,990 so let's talk about a little bit about diversity. So basically, 22 00:01:27,410 --> 00:01:32,720 it's the the different types of people. The difference the 23 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:37,280 difference between all of us who make your sneak, that diversity 24 00:01:37,310 --> 00:01:40,280 adjust. We already know about this, I'm just gonna talk about 25 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,730 it briefly about it before we start just talking about the 26 00:01:44,180 --> 00:01:51,800 weapon. So weapon is a publishing portal launched by 27 00:01:51,830 --> 00:02:02,060 Nova Corp in Seoul, Korea in 2004. After several years, the 28 00:02:02,090 --> 00:02:06,890 this this app will get popularity in Latin America in 29 00:02:06,890 --> 00:02:14,480 the United States. And and then line as on 2014. Show us of web 30 00:02:14,660 --> 00:02:20,750 two. Okay, so I'm going to show you five examples of diversity 31 00:02:20,750 --> 00:02:26,210 in web two. And I'm going to talk about start talking about a 32 00:02:26,420 --> 00:02:31,640 weapon call always human. So I know for a fact for this weapon 33 00:02:31,640 --> 00:02:34,880 is now they have a physical book that you can find I provide the 34 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,060 links in the presentation. And then if you need a presentation 35 00:02:38,060 --> 00:02:44,150 later, let me know. So the priority for this one, and this 36 00:02:44,150 --> 00:02:49,040 is a story about nanobots. It's a genetic engineer in two girls 37 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,930 falling in love. And, as I say, no matter how technology 38 00:02:53,930 --> 00:02:58,880 changes, we always be human that the person could create this one 39 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:03,320 is called walking nor her name is Allie. But you can find her 40 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:10,160 on Instagram, on added name. And then she's living in England. It 41 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,550 she will she say she like books, chocolate and other stuff. And 42 00:03:13,550 --> 00:03:17,360 she loves his stories with diverse characters and world 43 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:24,110 building. So basically always human as I say before, it's 44 00:03:24,110 --> 00:03:28,520 talked about nanobots, it's a technology that you are able to 45 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:33,470 change your appearance as many times as you want. So and then 46 00:03:33,470 --> 00:03:39,770 we have a lady who she have in this university has a 47 00:03:39,770 --> 00:03:45,470 disability, and the her she cannot use nanobots. So that's 48 00:03:45,470 --> 00:03:49,700 why it she say that there is a girl in the station sometimes 49 00:03:49,730 --> 00:03:54,110 and she can notice but she never changed her appearance. And then 50 00:03:54,230 --> 00:03:58,880 in the story, they talk about how you know, at the beginning 51 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,740 she's so like insecure because she cannot change her 52 00:04:03,740 --> 00:04:08,540 appearance. And then the other lady, she upset her as the way 53 00:04:08,570 --> 00:04:12,680 she is and they fall in love and I never tell you the end of the 54 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:17,660 story but it's something that you must read because talk about 55 00:04:18,020 --> 00:04:24,110 how they grow as a person how they are able to achieve their 56 00:04:24,110 --> 00:04:33,050 dreams and a lot of romance. So I have the opportunity to talk 57 00:04:33,050 --> 00:04:40,910 to the author of this weapon and and basically for her if you can 58 00:04:40,910 --> 00:04:44,390 read the description for her it's really important that she 59 00:04:44,390 --> 00:04:51,170 can show diversity in their characters. So as she say, No 60 00:04:51,170 --> 00:04:55,130 One No One is story can hold up a mirror to every experience. 61 00:04:55,580 --> 00:05:00,500 But she thinks in the world that we are correct. Currently In 62 00:05:00,530 --> 00:05:04,820 diversity, storytelling will encourage marginalized readers 63 00:05:04,820 --> 00:05:12,500 to relate and engage with this story. So, also, she thinks a 64 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:15,860 truly diverse society will be one where all the people are 65 00:05:15,860 --> 00:05:19,550 welcome and feel like they are encouraged to fully engage with 66 00:05:19,550 --> 00:05:23,840 that society. And that's there are no barriers prevent this. 67 00:05:24,650 --> 00:05:29,810 So, as I say, this is a, this is the cover of the physical book. 68 00:05:30,350 --> 00:05:35,510 And I forgot to show you the on the resource is the link that 69 00:05:35,510 --> 00:05:38,720 you can choose go directly to the webtoon and start reading 70 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:42,170 the story. Also, the screenshots that I have here, the photos are 71 00:05:42,170 --> 00:05:45,200 from the first chapter, and you're going to be like this in 72 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,630 the other stories. 73 00:05:50,070 --> 00:05:54,960 So what she wants to spread is about diversity in her own 74 00:05:55,080 --> 00:06:00,330 story. It's Sally, it's setting that in always human is wish 75 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:04,440 fulfillment. It's queer and multicultural in a way I hope 76 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:08,430 the for the future will be. I want to imagine a future that I 77 00:06:08,430 --> 00:06:12,420 could see myself and I hope that various people who I don't have 78 00:06:12,420 --> 00:06:17,400 to get to see themselves in stories. So especially in this 79 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:22,140 kind of sci fi story, because it's like a future thing are 80 00:06:22,140 --> 00:06:26,040 often quite white and astray. And they feel like they belong 81 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,730 in always human setting. And that's what the intention that 82 00:06:29,730 --> 00:06:33,510 she has like showing other characters, other ethnicities, 83 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:40,590 in this kind of stories. So now let's talk about about this one, 84 00:06:40,590 --> 00:06:50,670 it's called lwf, or Ufff. Um, so, this one is, for me, it's 85 00:06:50,670 --> 00:06:56,040 kind of confortables verschil. Because I have a huge 86 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,940 conversation with outer she's heat from here, she used to live 87 00:06:59,940 --> 00:07:06,000 in Orlando, and now she lives in Tampa. And the way she based her 88 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,680 story was from the old Cuban, you know, the old Cuban 89 00:07:10,710 --> 00:07:14,790 dictatorship, everything that happened in Venezuela right now, 90 00:07:14,790 --> 00:07:17,610 which was really chalk, because I'm from Venezuela. So when I 91 00:07:17,610 --> 00:07:21,840 was reading this story, I was like, I kind of feel related, 92 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,470 because you don't have the chance to choose who you want to 93 00:07:25,470 --> 00:07:30,660 be. And that's why when when I told her, she told me like, yes, 94 00:07:30,660 --> 00:07:38,490 that's why I base the story in this country. So basically, lwf 95 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:44,070 is like, I want to say like, something like, the social 96 00:07:44,070 --> 00:07:50,460 security that we have here, but more for find a couple. And then 97 00:07:51,630 --> 00:07:56,910 the acronym for love is love unions, family and finances. So 98 00:07:56,940 --> 00:08:00,420 basically, in this in this story, if you have, if you want 99 00:08:00,420 --> 00:08:04,440 to have a good life, if you want to have a good education, a good 100 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,290 I don't know a house leaving finances, you have to find a 101 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:17,850 person to have match a high match with you. So in the story 102 00:08:17,880 --> 00:08:21,420 there, the lady that we're gonna see if you continue reading 103 00:08:21,420 --> 00:08:25,020 this, she doesn't she doesn't have any interesting to have a 104 00:08:25,020 --> 00:08:32,760 partner or anything she just want to have like a good good is 105 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:38,010 still is, you know, and then basically she cannot start like 106 00:08:38,250 --> 00:08:42,810 higher university career because she doesn't have any match. So 107 00:08:42,810 --> 00:08:47,700 what happened here? It's, I'm sorry, she got matched with two 108 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:52,260 persons. And you can see here the person on the left is called 109 00:08:52,260 --> 00:08:55,560 Julian and they call the person of the right it's called Daniel. 110 00:08:56,250 --> 00:08:59,100 And then basically they are completely opposite because 111 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:05,850 Julian come from a family that they have a low match. And on, 112 00:09:07,140 --> 00:09:11,250 on the loose match, but they are loving family, they love their 113 00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:14,520 children's but they are really poor. They they have a hard life 114 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,850 because this matching thing. And then the other hand, we have 115 00:09:17,850 --> 00:09:24,960 Danielle, who her parents are, are rich or wealthy, because 116 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:29,880 they have a high, loose match. But what happened here is they 117 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,510 don't love each other the parents love and they don't love 118 00:09:33,870 --> 00:09:38,070 Daniel, he will be abandoned and neglected the entire life. He 119 00:09:38,070 --> 00:09:43,770 feels like he he's in on the cage. But because of that. So 120 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,390 what happened in the story that she started meeting then in 121 00:09:49,410 --> 00:09:53,640 right now, on the way the story goes, she didn't decide anything 122 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:57,030 yet but a lot of stuff happen in a row. I don't want to talk much 123 00:09:57,060 --> 00:10:01,590 about everything of that just in case you want to read it. Also, 124 00:10:03,450 --> 00:10:07,980 this is the resource. In resource, you can find the link 125 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:12,030 that you can click and go directly to the page that you 126 00:10:12,030 --> 00:10:21,570 can find this story. So when I talked to her, like, like, 127 00:10:21,570 --> 00:10:25,920 describe diverse in your own words. So you can see the answer 128 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,240 here, I'm going to reduce a little bit. So Will she believe 129 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,520 that it's possible to see yourself in a character 130 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,160 regardless of their identity? 131 00:10:36,780 --> 00:10:39,690 I believe that allowing minorities to tell the story 132 00:10:39,690 --> 00:10:43,230 helps with the breaking of stereotypes, and the creation of 133 00:10:43,260 --> 00:10:46,770 empathy from members of different communities, as well 134 00:10:46,770 --> 00:10:49,710 as showing the story that are specific to the unique 135 00:10:49,710 --> 00:10:54,510 circumstance that these minority minorities are exposed to. So 136 00:10:54,510 --> 00:10:58,320 basically, when they talk about minorities, she talked about 137 00:10:59,310 --> 00:11:03,030 people in different wealthy situation or people with 138 00:11:03,090 --> 00:11:07,680 ethnicity problems, and all that kind of stuff. So I think this 139 00:11:07,770 --> 00:11:12,120 comic is really, really, really complete, to talk about all 140 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:17,820 these things. And they, they also, the topics that they put 141 00:11:17,820 --> 00:11:22,710 there is not only wealthy situation, also, situations what 142 00:11:22,710 --> 00:11:26,790 what happened with somebody who is not in the loop problem 143 00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:30,990 program gets pregnant, other people like, you know, 144 00:11:31,170 --> 00:11:35,640 situations with queer people, and what happened with them. So 145 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:38,070 I think it's really complete, I think it's a really good 146 00:11:38,070 --> 00:11:45,030 resource to read and learn about it. So we have a section. This 147 00:11:45,030 --> 00:11:53,100 is a third sample. And then these guy with the outer told me 148 00:11:53,100 --> 00:12:00,240 he is a transsexual guy, who is on internet as a fashion 149 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:07,860 blogger. This is story. It's in Norway. And basically, as you 150 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:13,350 can see, how the how the image look, all the characters I 151 00:12:13,350 --> 00:12:19,650 really different and really unique. So basically, what 152 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:25,200 happened here, it's just like a normal high school drama. But 153 00:12:26,490 --> 00:12:30,480 everything get interesting when the ladies like, you know, the 154 00:12:30,510 --> 00:12:36,660 classy ladies find out that the person who input the fashion in 155 00:12:36,660 --> 00:12:42,990 that city is a trans person, as I say Motherland, and then 156 00:12:42,990 --> 00:12:50,850 basically, this is all like, the first chapter, um, images. And 157 00:12:50,850 --> 00:12:56,700 then when I talk to the outer, he, he saying that, in his 158 00:12:56,700 --> 00:13:01,050 opinion, everyone is diverse, and different. But for the Navy 159 00:13:01,050 --> 00:13:04,620 guy, I'd say, if you put people together in different interests, 160 00:13:04,650 --> 00:13:08,400 interestings, or heritage, like languages, skin colors, body 161 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:13,650 type, gender, or no gender, love interesting, then you really 162 00:13:13,650 --> 00:13:17,070 have diversity, grouping people. And that's why he wants to put 163 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:21,090 in here he wants to express, like, really different 164 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:27,630 characters put in together. And this is really long answer about 165 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:32,820 why he wants to spreads in diversity, his comic book. And 166 00:13:32,820 --> 00:13:36,720 then basically, he wants to show that no two people are the same 167 00:13:36,750 --> 00:13:41,580 way. And we should celebrate our differences instead of trying to 168 00:13:41,580 --> 00:13:46,260 copy others to feel asset, which I feel is really good. And it's 169 00:13:46,260 --> 00:13:51,030 situated for the story situated for teenagers, but I really 170 00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:55,500 because I think I feel it's really good. And I learned a lot 171 00:13:55,500 --> 00:14:00,510 about you know, how to upset transgender persons and how to 172 00:14:00,510 --> 00:14:08,970 upset other you know, different people around. So basically say, 173 00:14:08,970 --> 00:14:12,450 I hope my comic can help make it extremely diverse people look 174 00:14:12,450 --> 00:14:18,210 more normal in media. So when utterances team first meet a gay 175 00:14:18,210 --> 00:14:21,510 person or a trans person, they will think more like in the 176 00:14:21,510 --> 00:14:25,470 line, oh, I seen this in a perception and people like this 177 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:31,260 actually exist. And this, that's why he wants to do that. So 178 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:35,820 another one that I want to talk, it's called, let's play. Is that 179 00:14:35,820 --> 00:14:40,920 really good one is one of my favorites, actually. We're going 180 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:48,450 to talk about the story centers in SAM. She is a lady that she 181 00:14:48,450 --> 00:14:52,470 wasn't she was over protected by her parents because she when she 182 00:14:52,470 --> 00:14:57,570 was a little she was so sick. And then she spent basically the 183 00:14:58,110 --> 00:15:02,100 entire childhood in the hospital. And that's why she get 184 00:15:02,130 --> 00:15:06,390 obsessed with video games at the point that she, she just not 185 00:15:06,420 --> 00:15:10,170 only play video games, she wants to create video games. And 186 00:15:10,170 --> 00:15:15,030 that's how the story start, she created a video game called 187 00:15:15,030 --> 00:15:20,760 ruminate. And then that's what Marshall came on the air scenary 188 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:25,560 because he is a YouTuber, a gamer, gamer YouTuber, which is 189 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,200 really famous. And he 190 00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:37,110 he raped the room in a game as really bad. And then she started 191 00:15:37,110 --> 00:15:42,180 getting even treatments because the game for him was so bad. And 192 00:15:42,180 --> 00:15:48,420 then basically, she had friends she went to play with you can 193 00:15:48,420 --> 00:15:53,160 see the names over here, like Angela, a wave, and you can see 194 00:15:53,190 --> 00:16:01,500 how different all they are her best friend, his link. And he, 195 00:16:01,860 --> 00:16:04,950 at the beginning, you feel that he's in love with her because 196 00:16:05,310 --> 00:16:11,340 they spend the like, a lot of time together when his mother 197 00:16:11,340 --> 00:16:17,100 was sick. But then, eventually, you know, Steve, stuff happened 198 00:16:17,100 --> 00:16:19,560 that I don't want to talk about so if you can, if you want to 199 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:25,980 read it, so you can enjoy it. And then Marshall, start 200 00:16:25,980 --> 00:16:28,860 playing, they become friends, because Marshall is started 201 00:16:29,460 --> 00:16:35,550 living next to her. And then at the end, he saw reviewing the 202 00:16:35,550 --> 00:16:39,030 game a game with playing in the right way. And then he figured 203 00:16:39,030 --> 00:16:43,890 it out the game is amazing. And then we also see a lot of 204 00:16:45,450 --> 00:16:51,300 bloggers, youtuber problems here how the how these people really 205 00:16:51,300 --> 00:16:54,240 feel about Well, not really, but most of them feel about it, like 206 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:58,140 they feel lonely, they feel they're faking, and stuff like 207 00:16:58,140 --> 00:17:02,190 that. So you will see a lot of stuff about there. And also you 208 00:17:02,190 --> 00:17:05,610 will see an overprotective father and mother and brother 209 00:17:05,970 --> 00:17:11,670 with four Sam. And you will see supportive friends as Biggie and 210 00:17:11,670 --> 00:17:15,300 Angela. And also aev is a really, really good friend from 211 00:17:15,330 --> 00:17:18,210 for her. And then you as I said before, you can see they're 212 00:17:18,210 --> 00:17:20,820 completely different ethnicities, even different 213 00:17:20,820 --> 00:17:29,490 countries. Like for example, Charles is from England, and he 214 00:17:29,490 --> 00:17:33,270 will become something really important in her life. Right now 215 00:17:33,300 --> 00:17:39,390 in the comic, and second season and I don't know what's going to 216 00:17:39,390 --> 00:17:43,440 happen next, but basically that so monkey also it's from the 217 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:49,380 United States, um, in everything. As I said before, 218 00:17:49,380 --> 00:17:54,690 let's play center in in this kind of world like gaming world. 219 00:17:55,620 --> 00:18:03,060 influencers were stuff like that. So, this is like the 220 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:09,120 preview of the first chapter. And if you can see the in the 221 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:11,940 presentation, there is a game called ruminate which he has 222 00:18:11,940 --> 00:18:18,720 spent years making it. And I talked to the author again. And 223 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:25,950 then she described diversity as the inclusion of much various 224 00:18:25,980 --> 00:18:29,400 human representation as possible, whether it be the 225 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,490 color of skin, sexual orientation, religion, and even 226 00:18:32,490 --> 00:18:36,270 different types of able bodied individuals. That's why you can 227 00:18:36,270 --> 00:18:41,370 see here people with different type of body and stuff like 228 00:18:41,370 --> 00:18:49,260 that. And I do not see making a black and white, but varying use 229 00:18:49,290 --> 00:18:55,830 of a large spectrum of colors. So what I asked her what do you 230 00:18:55,830 --> 00:18:59,970 want to express in your comic about diversity, and she say 231 00:19:00,210 --> 00:19:04,050 that she like for her characters to be relatable, relatable for 232 00:19:04,050 --> 00:19:08,130 readers. So it's easier and more fulfilling when developing 233 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:12,000 emotional attachment. I also want more inclusion in my 234 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:17,130 romance comics, given that up until recently, most romance 235 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:22,380 manga comics were imported from Japan and Korea was this little 236 00:19:22,380 --> 00:19:27,300 or no diversity. And that if there was it was usually 237 00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:30,930 considered a negative attribute to the character sample meets 238 00:19:30,930 --> 00:19:36,180 blood when you know, different countries go together. And I 239 00:19:36,180 --> 00:19:40,020 will like to move Romans coming away from that concerning 240 00:19:40,050 --> 00:19:44,010 stigma. And she's really good. At the end. I will show all the 241 00:19:44,010 --> 00:19:48,960 social media from all the outers of these stories so you can look 242 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,280 a little bit about and then we have another last one. It's 243 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:58,800 called life outside the circle. The person could create this one 244 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:07,470 it's Somebody that I really like a lot is a feminist trans comic 245 00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:14,010 artist. She's from Finland. He's from Finland. And everything 246 00:20:14,010 --> 00:20:18,330 that he created, he created like in Finland related. 247 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:27,600 So also he wins the outer of the proof award. And for sure guys 248 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:32,910 stories in the weapon series immortal net. When he got to 249 00:20:32,970 --> 00:20:39,960 different its positions and stuff. He always bring the books 250 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:44,130 and he sign up for people. I think he's really great. He also 251 00:20:44,130 --> 00:20:52,380 loves gardening, and making like Doa stuff. So basically, this is 252 00:20:52,380 --> 00:21:01,920 the first chapter preview it this is you ha, in Sammy. So 253 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:06,540 Sammy comes from the city, he comes from his health seeking, 254 00:21:06,780 --> 00:21:11,820 while you have come from the you know, outside, that they call it 255 00:21:11,850 --> 00:21:15,660 outsiders, where it's basically nothing over there in the call 256 00:21:15,660 --> 00:21:22,020 Finland. And when they meet, they fall in love. And also they 257 00:21:22,020 --> 00:21:27,990 have a couple people in this story. They do have a daughter. 258 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,410 And she's really important in the in this story. 259 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:38,940 So when I talk to him about what he wants to express in diversity 260 00:21:38,940 --> 00:21:39,570 in comics, 261 00:21:40,830 --> 00:21:44,760 he says that actually he don't think like, like I'll tie the 262 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:50,820 circle have it's perfect when they talk about diversity. But 263 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:58,170 he wants to show a wide spectrum in LGBT characters, for example. 264 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:05,640 Sammy, it's a transgender, they never say it in the story. But 265 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:11,880 at the end, he he he taught us that Sammy is sincere there. And 266 00:22:11,910 --> 00:22:15,750 also he wants to express the differences between a city 267 00:22:15,750 --> 00:22:21,780 person with an outside person. And then Juha is a low income, 268 00:22:22,110 --> 00:22:28,110 single parent, while Sammy it's quite a privilege, and also is a 269 00:22:28,140 --> 00:22:34,800 city dweller who get money from the parents and stuff like that. 270 00:22:35,310 --> 00:22:40,410 But he also say, I think nobody needs to be perfect in every 271 00:22:40,410 --> 00:22:43,770 comic with the diversity. But it's important to think about 272 00:22:43,770 --> 00:22:50,100 all the aspects of the notches, sexuality, or gender. So this is 273 00:22:50,100 --> 00:22:54,900 the outer intagram incidents if you want to follow them. And 274 00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:59,670 then if you have sort of if you have questions, we have a 275 00:22:59,670 --> 00:23:05,070 question answers at the end of the presentation. So thank you 276 00:23:05,070 --> 00:23:08,280 very much for listening. And I will lead you with Glenn he will 277 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:14,910 express more books or comics with diversity. Thank you. 278 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:26,700 So welcome to again to diversity in comics. Thank you so much, 279 00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:31,500 Gabby, she provided that the resource of webtoons and I'm 280 00:23:31,500 --> 00:23:36,240 going to be focusing on comics and graphic novels that you can 281 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:44,820 find at UCF libraries. All right. And here at UCF, there 282 00:23:44,820 --> 00:23:48,150 are two places where you can get these, these books, physical 283 00:23:48,150 --> 00:23:52,440 books on there. There's the Jhansi hit library, which is the 284 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:58,290 main library on campus, which is where I work. And then the 285 00:23:58,290 --> 00:24:01,500 curriculum and material Center, the CMC, which is in the 286 00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:09,600 education complex. Right and now a little bit about myself. Give 287 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:15,300 me a moment. Oops, there we go. 2010 alumnus from here from UCF, 288 00:24:15,330 --> 00:24:17,910 a Bachelors of Arts and Humanities, currently the 289 00:24:17,910 --> 00:24:21,510 community outreach chair for the College of Arts and Humanities, 290 00:24:21,750 --> 00:24:25,020 alumni chapter board, co chair for the Association of 291 00:24:25,020 --> 00:24:29,550 southeastern research libraries, and I'm on the diversity equity, 292 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,720 inclusion Task Force. I'm also a senior library technical 293 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,270 assistant at the main library. So if you're ever at the 294 00:24:36,270 --> 00:24:39,450 library, come down and see me I'll be happy to say hello, 295 00:24:39,990 --> 00:24:42,330 except for this week. This week. I'm actually working remotely. 296 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:47,220 I'm doing diversity, but be happy to speak with you all. And 297 00:24:47,220 --> 00:24:49,950 just a little bit more about me. I enjoy all forms of the arts 298 00:24:49,950 --> 00:24:56,190 musician myself, I have been in various different bands. And one 299 00:24:56,190 --> 00:24:59,490 of my favorite graphic novels is the wicked and the divine. My 300 00:24:59,490 --> 00:25:04,080 favorite monster It is Full Metal Alchemist. And I enjoy MMA 301 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,270 and video games whenever possible. 302 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:18,450 All right, so comics and graphic novels, what are they? So, of 303 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:20,550 course, there are two different types of mediums but very 304 00:25:20,550 --> 00:25:24,180 similar. They are graphic literature, visual storytelling, 305 00:25:24,420 --> 00:25:29,460 and character characterized primarily with sequential art. 306 00:25:30,300 --> 00:25:34,170 Why is the medium important, because it increases range of 307 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,680 expression, you have, of course words, but then you also have 308 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:42,180 pictures, and you get to enjoy the illustrations of these 309 00:25:42,210 --> 00:25:47,880 artists. Let's see. And then why is diversity important? for 310 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:51,900 numerous reasons, but one of the main reasons is that people 311 00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:55,650 gravitate to stories they can identify with. And so it's 312 00:25:55,650 --> 00:25:58,650 important to include different types of people, all sorts of 313 00:25:58,650 --> 00:26:03,180 people in in your work. And then also people want to learn about 314 00:26:03,180 --> 00:26:05,520 others, people are curious, you know, I'm the type of person 315 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,970 that I love learning more about different people. So it is, it 316 00:26:08,970 --> 00:26:14,250 is so important to, to, to, of course, as an artist to be able 317 00:26:14,250 --> 00:26:18,270 to share different types of different types of experiences. 318 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:26,220 And in our next slide, let's see. Alright, so a little bit 319 00:26:26,220 --> 00:26:31,530 more about diversity, equity and inclusion. So Gabby started and 320 00:26:31,530 --> 00:26:35,400 touched on it. And it's a very important note that diversity is 321 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,550 more than just race, of course, that's the classic, you know, 322 00:26:38,580 --> 00:26:43,380 the, the term that we're most used to, but it also includes 323 00:26:43,380 --> 00:26:47,910 sexual orientation, disability, even socio economic status, it's 324 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:50,640 all the different ways that make us different. So it's so 325 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:56,310 important to be aware of, and to be sensitive to all these, all 326 00:26:56,310 --> 00:27:01,410 of the different types of humans there are, equity is more than 327 00:27:01,410 --> 00:27:05,460 just a quality. And it's important here to note that 328 00:27:05,460 --> 00:27:09,960 equity, really talking about creating tools or providing 329 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,750 tools that helps everyone in their different ways to be 330 00:27:12,750 --> 00:27:17,850 successful. And then finally, inclusion is more than just 331 00:27:17,850 --> 00:27:22,080 representation by numbers, it's including all different voices 332 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:26,520 and perspectives at different levels of influence. So, as an 333 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,310 artist, you know, you it is important, of course, to be able 334 00:27:29,310 --> 00:27:34,470 to talk about to share your perspective, and to allow your 335 00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:39,690 characters to, to have you know, to be represented with different 336 00:27:40,140 --> 00:27:43,830 forms of you know, people have diversity at different levels, 337 00:27:43,830 --> 00:27:47,820 you know, powerful and, and those who are you know, with who 338 00:27:47,820 --> 00:27:51,660 show different types of roles, so important that people see 339 00:27:51,660 --> 00:27:56,490 that and, and they can from there, they can be inspired by 340 00:27:56,490 --> 00:28:02,880 your work. Alright, so, I also looked at five different graphic 341 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:07,200 novels and comics. And they are all again, can be found in our 342 00:28:07,230 --> 00:28:11,370 with our, in our UCF libraries. And I looked at six different 343 00:28:11,370 --> 00:28:15,870 aspects that kind of helped me, you know, review these five 344 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:20,790 comics and graphic novels. First that I considered the drawing 345 00:28:20,790 --> 00:28:25,770 and art style, the way which is the way a story is illustrated 346 00:28:25,770 --> 00:28:29,940 to evoke a specific mood tone, I define it as the words used to 347 00:28:29,940 --> 00:28:35,100 convey a feeling or emotion. Then plot, of course, the 348 00:28:35,100 --> 00:28:40,290 sequence of events that unfold in a story, themes being the 349 00:28:40,290 --> 00:28:46,080 messages, ideas, or lessons a story conveys, and world 350 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:51,720 building, how the surroundings are described, or shown. And 351 00:28:51,720 --> 00:29:02,280 finally, perspective, the point of view the author conveys. All 352 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:07,350 right, so the first graphic novel that I reviewed is called 353 00:29:07,350 --> 00:29:11,190 hyperbole and a half. And I'm not sure if if you are already 354 00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:15,030 familiar with this, this particular graphic novel, but it 355 00:29:15,030 --> 00:29:19,740 is a great graphic novel because it goes beyond just Of course, 356 00:29:19,740 --> 00:29:24,060 you know, it's beyond fantasy. But it also, more importantly 357 00:29:24,060 --> 00:29:28,200 details the author's life. This is Allie brosh. And she became 358 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,190 popular, I wanted to be early to mid 2000s on starting off doing 359 00:29:32,190 --> 00:29:36,120 blogs, and her characters became means and then she wrote a book. 360 00:29:37,470 --> 00:29:42,240 So what's great about this graphic novel is that not only 361 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:43,380 is it authored by Ali, 362 00:29:43,410 --> 00:29:47,490 it's also illustrated by alley, I love about her art style is 363 00:29:47,490 --> 00:29:51,990 that incorporates both kind of like a stick figure kind of 364 00:29:52,020 --> 00:29:56,190 style along with like the attune style. So you'll notice that 365 00:29:56,430 --> 00:30:01,590 there are that there are Oh someone says they love the book 366 00:30:01,590 --> 00:30:06,420 that's awesome. Um, yeah there are different chichi when she 367 00:30:06,450 --> 00:30:09,660 when she's drawing, she'll kind of have herself normally in the 368 00:30:09,660 --> 00:30:12,840 stick figure in pose, but like sometimes her her other 369 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:17,880 characters are kind of more fleshed out, you know, more 2d 370 00:30:17,940 --> 00:30:21,000 than stick figure, if that makes sense. And I apologize, I'm not 371 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,970 a graphic artist myself, so I'm using the best words that I can. 372 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:25,260 But, 373 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:26,060 um, 374 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:30,000 what I do love about, okay, yes, the her tone is very humorous 375 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,630 and informal, she kind of just talks pretty real. And it's it's 376 00:30:33,630 --> 00:30:34,560 hilarious 377 00:30:35,910 --> 00:30:37,050 plot in each chapter, 378 00:30:37,050 --> 00:30:40,710 she chose a different, you know, story about her life. The themes 379 00:30:40,740 --> 00:30:43,950 I can say, are self acceptance, and determination. That's one 380 00:30:43,950 --> 00:30:47,070 thing I love. There was actually an article, she did an interview 381 00:30:47,070 --> 00:30:49,890 with Rolling Stone, I want to say just a few days ago, where 382 00:30:49,890 --> 00:30:52,770 she kind of talked about, you know, what, you know, after she 383 00:30:52,770 --> 00:30:54,720 wrote the book, she kind of, you know, she said, she's gonna 384 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,620 write her second book, and just disappear from social media. Um, 385 00:30:58,650 --> 00:31:01,110 but I love that she came back and she said, Hey, hey, you all, 386 00:31:01,110 --> 00:31:03,570 you know, I'm coming. And you know, it's still happening. And 387 00:31:03,570 --> 00:31:06,180 it's kind of cool to know that, even though she deals with so 388 00:31:06,180 --> 00:31:09,570 many different things within within this work, which is a 389 00:31:09,570 --> 00:31:12,720 part of her life, of course, she doesn't give up and you know, 390 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,230 such an important thing. To to know that, you know, you're not 391 00:31:16,230 --> 00:31:19,890 alone in the world, you know, when it comes to different, you 392 00:31:19,890 --> 00:31:23,370 know, mental illnesses, or behavioral challenges, or 393 00:31:23,370 --> 00:31:26,640 disorders that we all you know, face. And that you can use your 394 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:30,720 work your art, to, to get that out and share your life with 395 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:34,620 others and have other people be inspired. And now regarding 396 00:31:34,620 --> 00:31:38,340 world building cheeses, for words, to add complexity, to an 397 00:31:38,370 --> 00:31:42,180 illustrated scene, and again, you know that the style is 398 00:31:42,270 --> 00:31:45,240 mostly crude, she even says it herself, it's mostly crude, but 399 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,120 when her just the way she writes just, it's fantastic. It's a 400 00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:53,040 great combination of the two. And then one of the one of the 401 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:58,770 quotes that I identified with so much, was on page 35. So I 402 00:31:58,770 --> 00:32:01,740 should, I should also state that each chapter kind of talks 403 00:32:01,740 --> 00:32:04,500 about, like a different point in her life. And in the third 404 00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:09,150 chapter, it's called motivation. And she says, you know, most 405 00:32:09,150 --> 00:32:12,390 people can motivate themselves to do things simply knowing that 406 00:32:12,390 --> 00:32:15,720 those things need to be done, but not for me. For me, 407 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:19,200 motivation is this horrible, scary game, where I tried to 408 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,500 make myself do something while actively avoid doing it. And 409 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:26,820 that was the most real thing I've ever read. And I totally 410 00:32:26,820 --> 00:32:31,110 can identify it. And so yeah, so when it comes to her perspective 411 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,690 on she's she's diagnosed, she has been diagnosed with 412 00:32:33,690 --> 00:32:36,720 depression, ADHD, she's very open about this, I'm sure, you 413 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,450 know, you can google and find on social media, she talks about it 414 00:32:39,450 --> 00:32:44,010 openly. And for me, the importance of this is to value 415 00:32:44,010 --> 00:32:47,250 the perspectives of those with no mental illness and or 416 00:32:47,250 --> 00:32:50,550 behavioral disorders. Because, you know, we all you know, deal 417 00:32:50,550 --> 00:32:53,370 with different things from from, you know, day to day and we and 418 00:32:53,370 --> 00:32:56,700 we don't know, you know, what, what, you know, the other is 419 00:32:56,700 --> 00:33:01,020 going through so it's so important to, to be able to pick 420 00:33:01,020 --> 00:33:03,540 up a book like this and kind of and read through and see what 421 00:33:03,540 --> 00:33:07,230 what it's like to be in the mom might have another person. This 422 00:33:07,230 --> 00:33:11,400 book can be found at CMC, and the call number is graphic 423 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:15,690 novels, gn br O, which is the first, which are the first three 424 00:33:15,690 --> 00:33:20,790 letters of her her last name. That was hyperbole and a half. 425 00:33:20,820 --> 00:33:29,340 All right, next, let's see. Okay, so the next is a graphic 426 00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:33,810 novel, and it's actually a graphic history regarding a beat 427 00:33:33,930 --> 00:33:39,360 poet. So these are a group of our authors, sorry, post war era 428 00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:44,220 in America. And this book actually details several of 429 00:33:44,220 --> 00:33:49,530 those authors lives. And it is it's authored by like a well you 430 00:33:49,530 --> 00:33:52,110 can see right there many different authors, of course, 431 00:33:52,110 --> 00:33:55,650 because they're their various authors that they're that 432 00:33:55,650 --> 00:33:58,920 they're talking about, that they're writing about. And 433 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:04,020 various illustrators, as well. The art style varies. And a lot 434 00:34:04,020 --> 00:34:06,870 of it what's interesting tends to be what was kind of popular 435 00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:10,080 in that time period. So the beat period, I want to say, and 436 00:34:10,110 --> 00:34:13,320 goodness, I should have this somewhere, was not the night the 437 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:19,980 late 40s 50s, I believe. And so, this that though, the drawing 438 00:34:19,980 --> 00:34:23,100 the drawing style is very much indicative of that, which is 439 00:34:23,100 --> 00:34:27,510 very cool. You kind of as a kid, I grew up with Dick Tracy. So I 440 00:34:27,510 --> 00:34:30,540 kind of see that and a lot of the of the different stories and 441 00:34:30,540 --> 00:34:33,630 the ways you know that the illustrator, you know, presents 442 00:34:33,630 --> 00:34:38,970 the work. And the tone is informal at time series at other 443 00:34:38,970 --> 00:34:43,920 times, but overall, it's dark, dark humor. The plot it details, 444 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,770 the lives of authors of the Beat Generation talked about that. 445 00:34:47,430 --> 00:34:49,950 The themes are resilience and independence, because the Beat 446 00:34:49,950 --> 00:34:55,920 Generation of authors, they definitely shaped A lot of you 447 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:59,670 know, you know, contemporary and modern, modern writing. So these 448 00:34:59,670 --> 00:35:01,440 are essential. Just I went through a lot in their lives. 449 00:35:01,470 --> 00:35:04,590 And of course, it you can read that in this graphic novel, you 450 00:35:04,590 --> 00:35:06,840 see that the the kind of inner workings and things that they 451 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:10,740 had to deal with on a day to day basis, you know, periods of 452 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,560 their lives where they just want to give up on their art, and 453 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,990 then they've kind of found the will to keep going, which is 454 00:35:15,990 --> 00:35:20,280 really cool. So, so those are the themes that I found, world 455 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:21,420 building varies. 456 00:35:22,770 --> 00:35:26,370 In some instances in the book, and some of these stories are a 457 00:35:26,370 --> 00:35:28,890 little bit more, there's a little bit more complexity to 458 00:35:28,890 --> 00:35:32,520 the artwork and, and description of what's what the environment 459 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:36,870 and surroundings were like, and others not so much. Um, so of 460 00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:40,560 the stories or the offers that are reviewed, or talked about in 461 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:45,870 this graphic novel, I chose to highlight the one of the story 462 00:35:45,870 --> 00:35:50,490 of Allen Ginsburg, who was both a genius and a, you know, and, 463 00:35:50,550 --> 00:35:55,650 and had his challenges as well. But one of the most important 464 00:35:55,650 --> 00:35:59,490 things about him is that he was very big on fighting for 465 00:35:59,490 --> 00:36:04,530 equality, and fighting for, you know, for the poor. And so one 466 00:36:04,530 --> 00:36:07,530 of my favorite quotes, while reading his story was, you know, 467 00:36:07,530 --> 00:36:10,050 until his death, he pushed for equality of the sexes, and to 468 00:36:10,050 --> 00:36:13,410 benefit the poor and oppressed. And you'll see that in his life 469 00:36:13,410 --> 00:36:16,740 that he grew up with a parent, you know, one parent who 470 00:36:16,740 --> 00:36:20,970 suffered from or dealt with a mental illness. And, you know, 471 00:36:20,970 --> 00:36:25,110 he had to, he wanted to find himself as he grew. So he, he 472 00:36:25,110 --> 00:36:29,190 went overseas and traveled and then experimented drugs, and 473 00:36:29,190 --> 00:36:32,730 then got into spirituality, and then its parent when his parents 474 00:36:32,730 --> 00:36:35,970 passed away, and that was a huge, took a huge toll on him. 475 00:36:35,970 --> 00:36:39,720 And it caused him to, you know, of course, write some, some, 476 00:36:39,720 --> 00:36:42,960 some poems, and in started, he then started getting into 477 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:48,720 activism. So, you know, so this perspective of an artist, a son 478 00:36:48,750 --> 00:36:52,590 of apparently, on this all comes into play when it comes to his 479 00:36:52,590 --> 00:36:56,610 work. And, and then the importance of this work to me is 480 00:36:56,610 --> 00:36:59,760 that, you know, it's important to value those of different 481 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,310 sexual orientation and spirituality. And that is 482 00:37:02,310 --> 00:37:04,560 something Sorry, I didn't mention that he struggled with 483 00:37:04,890 --> 00:37:08,880 his sexual orientation. And, and he had to grow, you know, 484 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:13,200 through that. And he, it's very important to be able to witness 485 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,660 if you're not familiar with what that might be, like, you know, 486 00:37:15,660 --> 00:37:21,510 to witness to witness that. So it's a great, it's a great story 487 00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:23,940 to read, you know, the life of Alan Ginsberg. But of course, 488 00:37:23,940 --> 00:37:27,720 there are others, many others in this book. And so I'd highly 489 00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:32,550 recommend it if you're into both literature on ours, and into, 490 00:37:33,210 --> 00:37:38,340 into, you know, graphic novels as a whole. And this one I found 491 00:37:38,370 --> 00:37:42,270 at Main Library, call numbers PS, you see it right there, I 492 00:37:42,270 --> 00:37:44,370 don't need to read it all out to you. But it was on the fourth 493 00:37:44,370 --> 00:37:48,900 floor. And I can vouch that that's a great floor for a lot 494 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:51,990 of for your art, and your literature, you can get lost in 495 00:37:51,990 --> 00:37:55,170 there. Of course, please wear your mask while you're inside. 496 00:37:55,170 --> 00:37:57,960 But please come on down and check out all the different 497 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:02,850 works that we have there. All right, so the next one I 498 00:38:02,850 --> 00:38:08,490 reviewed, was, I am alfonzo Jones. And this one was very, 499 00:38:08,490 --> 00:38:15,330 very tragic, very beautiful. And it details the story of a young 500 00:38:15,330 --> 00:38:19,350 man who you know, who's into into theater and into poetry and 501 00:38:19,410 --> 00:38:22,560 just an artsy guy, but then gets caught. Well, he doesn't get 502 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:26,760 caught. He's essentially trying to buy a suit and an officer 503 00:38:26,850 --> 00:38:30,990 mistakes, a hanger for gun and he's ultimately killed, 504 00:38:30,990 --> 00:38:36,000 unfortunately. And so it talks about, you know, what, you know, 505 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:41,790 the challenges of being a black American man and what it means, 506 00:38:41,790 --> 00:38:44,640 you know, to be, you know, you know, yourself and your friends 507 00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:48,090 and family know, you as someone who's artistic and, and totally 508 00:38:48,090 --> 00:38:52,050 not the stereotype, but being charged, you know, with with 509 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,620 with being starved, you know, being being stereotyped, you 510 00:38:55,620 --> 00:38:59,490 know, we've all dealt with it so, so the author, Tony Medina, 511 00:38:59,490 --> 00:39:03,120 Illustrator, Stacy Robinson, I love the art style, graffiti, 512 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:06,510 hip hop, and I put hip hop, most people think, or at least 513 00:39:06,570 --> 00:39:10,440 rightly so, or feel that hip hop is a is a musical genre. But if 514 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,320 you know anything about hip hop, and go down that rabbit hole, 515 00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:16,320 there's actually five elements of hip hop, one of which is 516 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:20,070 graffiti. Um, I actually, in my undergrad, I'm one of the last 517 00:39:20,070 --> 00:39:23,850 papers I wrote, was on graffiti. Because I just think it's so 518 00:39:23,850 --> 00:39:26,670 cool, you know, the way that people can just express 519 00:39:26,670 --> 00:39:31,590 themselves legally or illegally, unfortunately, on different 520 00:39:31,590 --> 00:39:34,770 spaces with different mediums. I just think it's so cool. So when 521 00:39:34,770 --> 00:39:36,930 you when you read through the book, though, you you know that 522 00:39:36,930 --> 00:39:40,830 at least I got that sense of a graffiti style, a very hip hop 523 00:39:40,830 --> 00:39:46,200 style. You know, it's definitely not, you know, a 1950s or 19. 524 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:46,710 You know, 525 00:39:47,550 --> 00:39:50,670 you know, a West a typical western style, you find and 526 00:39:50,670 --> 00:39:54,360 maybe say, in the Batman comics or Superman or anything of that 527 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,060 nature. It's definitely it's definitely unique, definitely 528 00:39:57,060 --> 00:40:02,160 hip hop. And that that drew me in a long time. The story and so 529 00:40:02,190 --> 00:40:05,520 as we discussed plot is about an innocent teen killed by a police 530 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:10,080 officer. beams are justice, tragedy, forgiveness and hope 531 00:40:10,110 --> 00:40:13,140 because at the end, you know, there's definitely resolution 532 00:40:13,140 --> 00:40:16,680 and it comes from all sides. Like Gabby said, like I don't 533 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,320 want to give everything away, but it's really beautiful how it 534 00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,200 all ends up and you're gonna cry. I mean, you might I don't 535 00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:27,810 know I did. But um, but yeah, very very, very heartwarming, 536 00:40:27,870 --> 00:40:30,720 you know, heartbreaking heartwarming story, the world 537 00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:34,140 building very detailed, very urban. And I love the fact that 538 00:40:34,140 --> 00:40:38,640 much like with graffiti culture, there's just so many scenes, 539 00:40:39,180 --> 00:40:42,630 black and white, kind of like gritty scenes of like the city 540 00:40:42,630 --> 00:40:49,020 and it just looks so cool. And, yeah, very detailed, a lot of a 541 00:40:49,020 --> 00:40:51,690 lot of the different panels, of course, you know, it's control 542 00:40:51,690 --> 00:40:55,530 arc going from panel to panel, there's a lot of escaping, or at 543 00:40:55,530 --> 00:40:59,520 least not a breaking of the panels, and it's just very, very 544 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:04,800 in your face at times, which is, which is very cool. Someone says 545 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:09,540 they love the artwork, awesome. I'm glad you do me too. Um, and 546 00:41:09,540 --> 00:41:12,660 one of the quotes that was very touching was, you know, often 547 00:41:12,750 --> 00:41:15,660 alfonzo was no thug. And this was made by his mother, sorry, 548 00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:19,740 this is often fonzo was no thug, he was a beautiful mind, and 549 00:41:19,740 --> 00:41:24,180 theatres student trumpet player, a bike messenger, and he was my 550 00:41:24,180 --> 00:41:29,850 son. And so this shows his perspective of the mother. And, 551 00:41:29,910 --> 00:41:33,090 and not just the mother, but also, you know, friends and 552 00:41:33,090 --> 00:41:36,390 family members of his because, you know, that's the biggest 553 00:41:36,390 --> 00:41:40,020 challenge when it comes to diversity and, and things and 554 00:41:40,230 --> 00:41:43,170 being able to look beyond yourself is to realize that 555 00:41:43,170 --> 00:41:45,690 like, you can't judge people, by their appearance, you know, you 556 00:41:45,690 --> 00:41:48,570 never know what you know, another person's into just 557 00:41:48,570 --> 00:41:50,700 because they look a certain way doesn't mean that they're not 558 00:41:50,730 --> 00:41:53,250 incredibly talented, you know, not to say that someone should 559 00:41:53,250 --> 00:41:56,310 only be valued for their talent or genius. But it's so 560 00:41:56,310 --> 00:41:58,920 important, you know, just don't judge a book by its cover, 561 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:02,160 right. And I believe that this story is very much very much 562 00:42:02,370 --> 00:42:08,640 about that. So this one can be found at the CMC. And you see 563 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,880 the call number there. And I goodness, I'm sorry, that should 564 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:17,070 say gn for graphic novel. In the last, the first three letters of 565 00:42:17,070 --> 00:42:20,700 the author's last name and MIDI. So if you haven't caught on by 566 00:42:20,700 --> 00:42:24,630 now, a lot of the graphic novels, they're there on labeled 567 00:42:24,660 --> 00:42:28,410 gn for graphic novels, very easy to find. And so we're going to 568 00:42:28,410 --> 00:42:33,180 talk a little bit later as to how you can secure these graphic 569 00:42:33,210 --> 00:42:38,730 novels in comics. All right, next one, this one was very, it 570 00:42:38,730 --> 00:42:43,200 was it touched my heart. So almost American Girl by Robin 571 00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:47,730 ha, she also illustrated it and it's, it's a memoir, the way I 572 00:42:47,730 --> 00:42:51,600 described the art style is manga inspired, because it's not like 573 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,660 straight up like manga. And of course, you can, you know, 574 00:42:54,660 --> 00:42:57,510 define different styles of manga. And of course, I'm sure a 575 00:42:57,510 --> 00:43:01,590 lot of you know, a lot more better than me about these, but 576 00:43:02,370 --> 00:43:05,790 in someone who reads a fair amount of manga, it very much is 577 00:43:05,820 --> 00:43:12,240 manga inspired. To me. It's, it's humorous for at times 578 00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:16,710 serious, because she's the pole part of the story is that, you 579 00:43:16,710 --> 00:43:22,920 know, she she grew up grew up in Seoul, Korea, and her mom finds 580 00:43:23,010 --> 00:43:27,450 essentially, you know, someone she falls in love with. And then 581 00:43:27,570 --> 00:43:30,360 Robyn finds that she's no longer living in Korea. And so she has 582 00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:33,210 to deal with moving to a whole new country and not being you 583 00:43:33,210 --> 00:43:37,770 know, not being familiar with her surroundings. And so it's 584 00:43:37,770 --> 00:43:41,820 it's very, it really it talks about the challenges of being an 585 00:43:41,820 --> 00:43:46,080 immigrant. And the themes are friendship, family, self 586 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,590 acceptance, and determination. Of course, you know, she finds a 587 00:43:49,590 --> 00:43:54,090 lot of hardship, in trying to learn, you know, trying to, you 588 00:43:54,090 --> 00:43:57,000 know, learn about being an American, essentially. And so, 589 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,340 but she also finds friends, which is really nice. It's not 590 00:43:59,340 --> 00:44:03,870 easy, but it's a really beautiful process. The world 591 00:44:03,870 --> 00:44:07,560 building is very interesting. So the illustrations are very 592 00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,920 evocative and detailed. Um, now you'll notice that the present 593 00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:15,120 day depictions you know, the present day life is shown in 594 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:19,170 very vibrant colors, but anytime it's memory, there's a sepia 595 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:24,000 sephia sorry, but it's like, you know, that brown, brownish brown 596 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:29,100 and tan kind of tones and shades and colorings. It's very, it's 597 00:44:29,100 --> 00:44:33,540 very beautiful. It's interesting how she used that as a way to, 598 00:44:33,570 --> 00:44:37,380 you know, to tell her story, she used those different colors and 599 00:44:37,380 --> 00:44:40,110 things, and tones and shades. 600 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:47,470 A memorable quote, is in the sea of Korean people in my dream, I 601 00:44:47,470 --> 00:44:51,220 realized I did not belong to any of them without my mom. And so 602 00:44:51,220 --> 00:44:55,840 that's her. Having then moved over to America and then 603 00:44:55,990 --> 00:45:00,160 realizing, you know, what, who am I in my Korean? Am I American 604 00:45:00,190 --> 00:45:04,660 You know, how do I identify? And so, you know, she, and she 605 00:45:04,660 --> 00:45:08,440 really identified herself with her family so much. So again, 606 00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:12,400 not gonna give a lot away. But um, you know, she has to deal 607 00:45:12,430 --> 00:45:18,010 with that. And then they the importance of this is the value 608 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:22,570 of sorry, that is the important is to value the stories of 609 00:45:22,570 --> 00:45:25,120 immigrants and people, of course, who are coming here for 610 00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:28,840 the first time, you know, it's so important to listen to people 611 00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:32,740 and try to be as kind as possible, you know, and to, to 612 00:45:32,740 --> 00:45:36,550 learn from them as much as they would like to learn from you. 613 00:45:36,730 --> 00:45:38,680 You know, cuz, you know, we're all in this together kind of 614 00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:42,220 deal. So, so really great book, please check it out. I mean, 615 00:45:42,220 --> 00:45:44,470 there's so much press about this one, too. I'm sure you could 616 00:45:44,470 --> 00:45:48,610 Google it. But, but no, definitely check it out. It is 617 00:45:48,610 --> 00:45:54,640 it is so good. This one was also found at the CMC. And here, give 618 00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:59,620 me one moment. Oh, thank you, Amy. Sorry, I just saw the chat 619 00:45:59,620 --> 00:46:02,860 there. Yes, happy to, um, there should be I don't know, at the 620 00:46:02,860 --> 00:46:06,220 bottom of my screen, you should see my email address, you know, 621 00:46:06,220 --> 00:46:09,550 you can email me directly or, or we can figure out a way to get 622 00:46:09,550 --> 00:46:14,440 an email out to everyone who's participating. And I had someone 623 00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:17,350 asked regarding credit for your class, and we will make sure 624 00:46:17,350 --> 00:46:20,860 that that get gets taken care of as well. So do not worry, we'll 625 00:46:20,860 --> 00:46:24,370 make sure that you get your credit for class. And again, 626 00:46:24,370 --> 00:46:29,920 yeah, thanks for being here. And I believe this is my final one. 627 00:46:29,950 --> 00:46:34,780 Yes. So it's called This Place 150 Years Retold. And this one 628 00:46:34,780 --> 00:46:39,430 was fascinating, because it was it's not just a singular story. 629 00:46:39,430 --> 00:46:43,600 It's actually 10 different stories that reimagine the past 630 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:47,560 150 years, by indigenous peoples. And this is by 631 00:46:48,130 --> 00:46:52,420 indigenous people of America, of Canada, very various different 632 00:46:52,420 --> 00:46:57,610 indigenous folks. And it took me by surprise, because I didn't 633 00:46:57,670 --> 00:47:01,600 when I picked it up, I just like the cover Not gonna lie. I know, 634 00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,460 you don't want to judge it by its cover, but that, you know, 635 00:47:03,490 --> 00:47:06,880 good artwork, you know, does does it stop by selling? Um, so 636 00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:09,970 it just looked really cool. Looks very futuristic. To me, 637 00:47:09,970 --> 00:47:13,390 there's something about it, you know, and so picked it up, and 638 00:47:13,420 --> 00:47:17,830 it's 10 different stories. And the out of the 10 are here, let 639 00:47:17,830 --> 00:47:22,120 me go in order. Right. So this tone is fairly serious because 640 00:47:22,330 --> 00:47:27,940 this book, or Yeah, this book is taking. It has different 641 00:47:27,940 --> 00:47:32,080 indigenous authors who are sharing stories from their 642 00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,870 perspective. And the one that I chose that I'm going to talk 643 00:47:34,870 --> 00:47:39,100 about is called Peggy where this particular author David 644 00:47:39,100 --> 00:47:43,300 Robertson, grew up with hearing about this stained war hero, 645 00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:44,130 you know. 646 00:47:45,470 --> 00:47:49,760 And so it's so important, it was so important to him that other 647 00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:53,990 people heard this story, you know, and so and then he kind of 648 00:47:53,990 --> 00:47:58,100 uses a little bit of, what's the word, a little bit of fantasy, 649 00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,780 when it comes to, to the reimagining of, of what 650 00:48:02,780 --> 00:48:06,800 happened, but, but it's fairly serious. The themes are hope and 651 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:12,080 transformation. world building varies by by store, by story. 652 00:48:13,670 --> 00:48:17,570 But the one that I read that I was I was drawn to the most, 653 00:48:17,690 --> 00:48:21,350 it's called Peggy, I'm gonna read a little bit from from the 654 00:48:21,350 --> 00:48:24,860 book itself. And this is straight from David Robertson, 655 00:48:24,860 --> 00:48:28,250 and he says, "My work is often focused on representation on how 656 00:48:28,250 --> 00:48:31,640 indigenous peoples now and in the past have been portrayed in 657 00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:35,630 popular culture. I also strive to find indigenous heroes who 658 00:48:35,630 --> 00:48:39,560 have been underrepresented in literature. Often, I have used 659 00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:44,960 comics in art form that spans all genres and reaches all ages, 660 00:48:44,990 --> 00:48:50,480 genders and cultures. I've known about Francis and the last name 661 00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:52,490 is spelled I can't pronounce it Sorry, but the last name is 662 00:48:52,490 --> 00:48:59,870 spelled P E G A H M A G A B O W. For years on a surface level, I knew 663 00:48:59,870 --> 00:49:03,410 that that he was one of the most effective snipers in history, 664 00:49:03,650 --> 00:49:05,810 but I wanted to know more about him, and I thought it was 665 00:49:05,810 --> 00:49:09,800 important for Canadians to know more as well. Drawing on several 666 00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:13,550 texts, including Brian McKinney's excellent sounding 667 00:49:13,580 --> 00:49:19,280 thunder, I learned about Francis Peggy, the man and the effective 668 00:49:19,370 --> 00:49:22,970 effectiveness of his work that extended beyond the battlefield. 669 00:49:23,270 --> 00:49:25,820 comics are engaging and powerful, much like Francis 670 00:49:25,820 --> 00:49:29,300 himself. But as with this story, they often serve as 671 00:49:29,300 --> 00:49:33,200 an introduction, and it is up to the reader to continue learning. 672 00:49:33,410 --> 00:49:36,830 There's so much more to Peggy up to his retirement as supreme 673 00:49:36,830 --> 00:49:40,310 chief of the National Indian government in 1950. And into his 674 00:49:40,310 --> 00:49:43,610 later life, these nuances struggles and victories are 675 00:49:43,610 --> 00:49:47,510 fascinating. And I hope this text catapults you into that 676 00:49:47,510 --> 00:49:50,540 life and the teachings we can draw from it. And then it's 677 00:49:50,540 --> 00:49:56,600 signed Ekosani David A Robertson. And so in this story, 678 00:49:56,600 --> 00:50:00,260 we have Peggy who's his real name, it was first name is 679 00:50:00,260 --> 00:50:05,630 Francis and his last name. I, from what I'm reading his fellow 680 00:50:05,630 --> 00:50:08,000 Canadians, once you join, the military couldn't pronounce it 681 00:50:08,270 --> 00:50:11,330 as well. So they call them Peggy. And so just details his 682 00:50:11,330 --> 00:50:15,320 life and how he has a vision when he's a kid. And there's 683 00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:18,110 this quote that says, "awake, my boy, do not cry anymore, you are 684 00:50:18,110 --> 00:50:21,050 now a great person, you have been blessed to save your tribes 685 00:50:21,050 --> 00:50:24,470 from slavery. "And from here, you see that he joins the military, 686 00:50:24,530 --> 00:50:27,860 he goes through a lot of hardship, being accepted by the 687 00:50:27,860 --> 00:50:31,400 military, and then having to leave his family and then, you 688 00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:35,990 know, holding on to this vision that he has of being you know, a 689 00:50:35,990 --> 00:50:39,860 great person and saving his tribes, he goes on to eventually 690 00:50:39,860 --> 00:50:42,920 at the end, doing just that not going to detail of course, how 691 00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:46,550 it happens. But it's so fascinating to to learn about 692 00:50:46,550 --> 00:50:49,070 someone who is, as the author writes, is one of the greatest 693 00:50:49,070 --> 00:50:52,220 snipers in you know, in history. And you know, how many of us 694 00:50:52,220 --> 00:50:57,170 know about this individual so I'm very great read, I highly 695 00:50:57,170 --> 00:51:01,160 recommend checking out this place, and, you know, checking 696 00:51:01,190 --> 00:51:04,460 out all the other stories that are within it. And of course, 697 00:51:04,460 --> 00:51:07,700 this can be found at CMC, so the CMC is the place to go for your 698 00:51:07,700 --> 00:51:08,810 graphic novels. 699 00:51:10,620 --> 00:51:15,060 So yes, and let's continue. Alright, so yeah, so like I 700 00:51:15,060 --> 00:51:19,620 said, find more like these at in the CMC located in the education 701 00:51:19,620 --> 00:51:24,150 complex, John C. Hitt library, which is the main library on 702 00:51:24,150 --> 00:51:27,660 campus. Generally, on the fourth floor, you're going to find 703 00:51:27,660 --> 00:51:30,990 those graphic novels in the PS section, but you're always 704 00:51:30,990 --> 00:51:35,130 welcome to of course, go to our website library.ucf.edu. To 705 00:51:35,130 --> 00:51:37,860 search there, or, you know, if you're on campus, feel free to 706 00:51:37,860 --> 00:51:41,850 come by the circulation desk, we'll be happy to help you find 707 00:51:41,850 --> 00:51:46,140 those books, where they are exactly. We also have a brand 708 00:51:46,140 --> 00:51:51,180 new new books display at the the new Student Union entrance of 709 00:51:51,180 --> 00:51:56,190 the library, and you can find any new graphic novels. There. 710 00:51:56,190 --> 00:51:59,580 So so check that out. There's also a research guide that you 711 00:51:59,580 --> 00:52:02,670 can, we can provide a link to later where you can check out to 712 00:52:02,670 --> 00:52:05,700 just see all the new items that are coming in, on now, if you 713 00:52:05,700 --> 00:52:10,080 can't make it to campus, don't worry, we also have Interlibrary 714 00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:13,920 Loan where they will deliver the items to you. And so what you'll 715 00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:18,720 want to do is you can ILL an item and if you have questions about 716 00:52:18,720 --> 00:52:21,990 that feel free of course to reach out. But we have the 717 00:52:21,990 --> 00:52:26,280 option of you know, interlibrary loan, I should also clarify, if 718 00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:30,480 we don't have a book, in that you want that, you know, at our 719 00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:34,800 library within our entire libraries, you know, system, we 720 00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:38,280 can always do a Uborrow or request from another university. 721 00:52:38,700 --> 00:52:40,920 So don't be afraid if there's something we don't have, we can 722 00:52:40,920 --> 00:52:44,850 most likely track it down for you. So be you know, so use use 723 00:52:44,850 --> 00:52:47,220 your resources, you know, you're here you're at school, you're 724 00:52:47,220 --> 00:52:49,710 paying for you know, your tuitions and things use all the 725 00:52:49,710 --> 00:52:54,120 resources afforded to you. Um, so yeah, so come on, come on 726 00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:58,200 down and use them. And we also have a great graphic novels, our 727 00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:03,480 resource research guide, that will link to as well I don't 728 00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:05,970 want to mess up our presentation here by clicking on this link, 729 00:53:05,970 --> 00:53:11,280 but we'll provide that link for you as well. And these are a few 730 00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:14,520 of my sources that I used books for found at our library that I 731 00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:17,760 use to kind of help me, you know, with my perspective, or at 732 00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:22,860 least, making this presentation. Unlike Gabby, I'm not like super 733 00:53:22,860 --> 00:53:25,590 huge into the you know, comic scene, she's, she's a great 734 00:53:25,590 --> 00:53:29,970 advocate, I just joined to support, but I learned a lot. So 735 00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:34,200 and then I also used these to be believed that was on Tuskegee 736 00:53:34,200 --> 00:53:37,170 University, and our own, um, University of Central Florida 737 00:53:37,170 --> 00:53:40,080 Office of Diversity and Inclusion on webpages to kind of 738 00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:44,340 help me think about, um, you know, just think about diversity 739 00:53:44,340 --> 00:53:48,480 and how it can be applied to comics. And Gabby's also 740 00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:50,850 stating, too, that webtoon is free. So of course, download 741 00:53:50,850 --> 00:53:55,320 that use that, you know, use your resources, please. And then 742 00:53:55,380 --> 00:53:59,670 a final kind of extend, I want to extend an invitation to all 743 00:53:59,670 --> 00:54:04,200 of you, you know, students out there we are curating a digital 744 00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:08,340 time capsule. So you can actually, you know, submit a 745 00:54:08,340 --> 00:54:11,760 picture, illustration, anything that you want a poem, anything 746 00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:15,270 that you want, just to kind of express yourself, regarding, you 747 00:54:15,270 --> 00:54:17,100 know, everything that has happened this year, whether it 748 00:54:17,100 --> 00:54:21,690 be COVID, or, you know, originally caught equity, or 749 00:54:21,690 --> 00:54:23,760 anything else that you want to talk about, just let your voice 750 00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:29,370 be heard. You can you can find that link on our library's 751 00:54:29,370 --> 00:54:33,450 diversity weeks page. We've arrived that link later. But 752 00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:38,400 yeah, please, it'll be open until Sunday the 25th. So go 753 00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:40,860 ahead and submit something you know, you can influence how the 754 00:54:40,860 --> 00:54:46,200 present will be remembered. So share your message. And then 755 00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:50,400 let's see now we are open for questions and answers. So a lot 756 00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:53,520 of us have already been typing in the chat which is fantastic. 757 00:54:53,940 --> 00:54:58,110 If you have any further questions, go ahead and and type 758 00:54:58,110 --> 00:55:05,370 them in now. We happy to Answer as much as we can. And, you 759 00:55:05,370 --> 00:55:09,600 know, we'll take some time for that. Don't mind that it's 760 00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:12,870 almost four o'clock. We're happy to stay around for a little 761 00:55:12,870 --> 00:55:24,780 while longer. And if anyone else wants to, to chime in, I don't 762 00:55:24,780 --> 00:55:28,200 know if Gabby or anyone else has, you know, Amy have anything 763 00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:33,930 else to say? We'll wait a few more moments. I don't want to, 764 00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:36,960 um, want to discourage anyone. 765 00:55:44,340 --> 00:55:47,040 Nice, like lots of great resumes really impressive line I've 766 00:55:47,040 --> 00:55:49,620 never heard of meant Oh, awesome. Well, we're glad you're 767 00:55:49,620 --> 00:55:52,980 here. We're also glad that your your professors told you about 768 00:55:52,980 --> 00:55:57,090 this event. And that to say to diversity week is happening all 769 00:55:57,090 --> 00:56:01,770 week from tons of other events coming up. But yes, please come 770 00:56:01,770 --> 00:56:04,620 on down. You know, email us if you have questions about how to 771 00:56:04,620 --> 00:56:08,760 check things out or access things. Yeah. Happy to show you. 772 00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:13,560 Wonderful learned a lot today. Oh, you're welcome. Oh, that's 773 00:56:13,950 --> 00:56:20,880 good to hear. Oh, thank you, Amy. Monday through Friday. 9am 774 00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:21,420 to four. 775 00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:26,610 Oh, beautiful. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. 776 00:56:28,020 --> 00:56:32,160 Yes. And Amy is the department head for CMC. So So yes, please 777 00:56:32,160 --> 00:56:36,480 go see Amy. she'd love to see you. You're welcome. All right. 778 00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:39,420 So yeah, if no one has any questions. I mean, I'm still 779 00:56:39,420 --> 00:56:44,580 gonna wait a little while longer. Huh? Okay. Oh, you're 780 00:56:44,580 --> 00:56:46,710 welcome. You're welcome, everyone. So happy that you all 781 00:56:46,710 --> 00:56:52,350 came? Yes. Finished. Love. Yes. Yes. Gabby got me into Webtoons 782 00:56:52,350 --> 00:56:58,110 as well. So yes, that's a great resource. Welcome. You're 783 00:56:58,110 --> 00:57:06,900 welcome. You're welcome. You are so welcome. Awesome. Very cool. 784 00:57:07,830 --> 00:57:14,910 Very cool. All right. And then my second to last slide is Yeah, 785 00:57:14,910 --> 00:57:19,080 thanks. Again, here are a few of our other events here that I you 786 00:57:19,080 --> 00:57:21,960 know, check them out. They're also found on our diversity 787 00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:26,910 weeks page. So So feel free of course to go there. So we have 788 00:57:26,910 --> 00:57:30,960 like crochet tomorrow we have our stronger together showcase. 789 00:57:31,230 --> 00:57:34,230 But I'll also be hosting tomorrow, we'll be hearing from 790 00:57:34,230 --> 00:57:38,670 different organizations and businesses around UCF talking 791 00:57:38,670 --> 00:57:42,210 about what it means to be strong, stronger together. So 792 00:57:42,210 --> 00:57:44,610 come out to all these other events. So many things. Tell 793 00:57:44,610 --> 00:57:50,100 your friends. Submit submit to the capsule. Yeah, be 794 00:57:50,100 --> 00:57:50,910 remembered, 795 00:57:50,940 --> 00:57:51,510 you know. 796 00:57:53,640 --> 00:58:01,080 Awesome. You are welcome. You're very, very welcome. Yes, I 797 00:58:01,080 --> 00:58:04,140 believe that Sergio, from we have worked it out with our 798 00:58:04,140 --> 00:58:06,420 professors to make sure that you know, if you're supposed to get 799 00:58:06,420 --> 00:58:24,240 credit, you'll get credit. So So yes, that will happen. All 800 00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:31,350 right. You're welcome. You're welcome. All right. Well, thanks 801 00:58:31,350 --> 00:58:35,580 again, everyone. We're going to go ahead and conclude the event. 802 00:58:35,820 --> 00:58:38,850 Thanks for being here. tell all your friends and family about 803 00:58:38,850 --> 00:58:42,090 diversity, we get UCF and we hope to see you soon. 804 00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:53,370 Take care. Wonderful to hear. That's wonderful. I'm so happy. 805 00:58:55,050 --> 00:58:57,240 And hey, if there's anything we missed, you know, let us know. 806 00:58:57,240 --> 00:59:00,900 Feel free to email us if, you know, we can always highlight 807 00:59:00,900 --> 00:59:08,310 these in other ways, you know, in the library. We want to keep 808 00:59:08,310 --> 00:59:16,770 the dialogue going. Oh, wonderful. Thank you, Amy. Okay, 809 00:59:16,770 --> 00:59:17,490 Bye, everyone.