# @nauflagstaff on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-02-01T23:58:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Northern Arizona University (@nauflagstaff) — https://gondola.cc/nauflagstaff

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📸 Lumberjack Spotlight ⁠📸⁠
 👋🏼 Meet Jermaine Barkley with livewellnau⁠
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Jermaine shares his thoughts on Black History Month ⁠
🗣️ #BlackHistoryMonth is a reminder to take up the work that's necessary to advance equity and justice for black folks, but also for all kinds of disenfranchised populations.⁠
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💬 It's a chance for reflection on how far we've come, the work that's been necessary to get to this point & opportunities to look at history for ideas and motivation to continue doing the difficult work. ⁠
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📚 Black Historical Figures⁠
I've always looked up to James Baldwin- the author & poet. The way he was able to communicate not only the black experience, but the black male experience & the human experience and translate that to a really broad audience.⁠
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🎶 Musical influences⁠
My dad made sure we had a pretty diverse musical palette, so we listened to a lot of Motown and Soul.⁠
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🎧 I was an emotional kid, so I listened to a lot of Boyz II Men, New Edition, and Power Ballads, and then a lot of 90s hip hop. My favorite group growing up was Tribe Called Quest and the Wu Tang Clan.⁠
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🔮 Advice for the future generation ⁠
You are capable of doing change. There's always a million excuses not to change things or not to do something.⁠
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📍Sometimes problems seem so big that it can feel hard to start. But we don't make change unless we start tackling it now, even if we won't be able to see that change in our lifetimes.⁠
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#MyNAUview #BlackHistory #February #LumberjackSpotlight #FacesofNAU #NorthernArizonaUniversity #BHM #BHM2024 #NAULumberjacks

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northernarizonauniversity, facesofnau, february, bhm, mynauview, lumberjackspotlight, blackhistorymonth, naulumberjacks, blackhistory, bhm2024

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