 So hi, my name is Toya Tenay Taylor and I'm the Executive Director of WEAP, We Act, Present and Perform. We have a program called Speak with Purpose, which is in Seattle Public Schools. We're the only public speaking class offered for grades 4 through 12th in many of our schools. This is my team. This is Ms. Sophie, Ms. Crystal. And this is our bonus video because this is called Freestyle Freeride. And I love this because it's really just taking words, pick any word, brainstorm, tease the word out, think of synonyms, words that go with the words or not. Whatever comes to mind when you think of two words, you write it on, you know, we have it on the whiteboard here, but you can write it on paper, on your phone, whatever you're using to express yourself right now. And then we're just going to freestyle the actual, make a piece. And a piece is a poem or a speech or a monologue or a song, whatever you want it to be. But that's why I love doing freestyle free write. Because a lot of times when you are writing, it's easy to have blocks, you know, to have writing block or not to be able, you know, your mind is just not there. And this is such a great way just to allow yourself to brainstorm the words you want to use in a writing piece. All right? So we have brainstormed, we thought about two words which were free and connection, especially in the times of right now where people, we miss being connected. And in some ways, we feel very, very siloed or separated from the ones we love and we wish we could really, truly just be free, right? So the first two words that came to mind for us were free and connection. You find two words now, get a piece of paper or if you're using your laptop or your phone and write two words, the first two words that come to mind for you right now. So allow you to get a piece of paper or whatever. We're going to do a little countdown. Ten, nine, go get it. Eight, seven, come back. Six, five, four, three, two, one. Come back with your pen, your laptop, your phone, a pen or a pencil or something to write with and put two words down, all right? For this segment, we're going to brainstorm or freestyle free and connection. The words we came up, we put on the board. For free, the words were fly, brave, mine, open, love, home, sore, think, peace, joy, happiness, thought, dream, open, family, state, individual, drive and no judgment. Those are the things that are the words that came to mind for us for free and connection was connect, together, friendship, togetherness, disconnect, loneliness, silence, social media, Instagram, TikTok, bridge, hands, link, community and tears. So right now, I'm going to take a shot, you guys, of doing a freestyle free right. Okay? And there's no wrong or right way of doing it. Speak from your heart. So breathe in, breathe out. Sometimes I wish I could just fly. I feel like I would be so brave and my mind would be open if we would just only learn to connect together. These friendships could weather the storm. I love my family and when I want to be free, I just think about dreaming. It elevates my mind because all I ever wanted to be was the individual me, even on Instagram, as I TikTok my dreams away and bridge, my hands will stay linked together because I have such a great community. And sometimes I feel the tears roll down my eyes, but then I remember that there is no judgment. And I realized that if I just think I can be at peace, I will have joy and happiness. Those are the thoughts in my silence that I have, even in moments of social media that go bad. I just want us to know that together means togetherness. We connect through connections and that is truly what makes us free. So that's a freestyle free right. You can mix these words up any kind of way that you want to. You can make just like we did in our free right free and connection could mean anything that you want. And just allow your words to flow. For me, that's probably been some of the most amazing pieces and you can do it too. If you have anything that you want to share with us, we're going to leave our website at the end of the video. Share your free rights, your songs. We would love to hear from you. My name is Toya Tanae Taylor and we want you to really truly remember to enjoy your life, be true to yourself and always speak with purpose. Until next time. Freestyle free right, freestyle free right, freestyle free right. Maybe, maybe not. See you guys later. Bye.