Cover Photo Credit: Zahra Siddiqui, @the_invisiblemajority
e.m.lourde (AKA Duke) talks about music, courage, his connection to his faith and family, and his commitment to changing the collective narrative. You can find him on socials @e.m.lourde and on his YouTube channel: EMLOURDE.
GUEST BIO: E.M. Lourde is a hip-hop musician born in St. Lucia; based in Toronto, Canada. Lourde uses music and film to tell stories that inspire black boys and girls to pursue their dreams. Lourde has collaborated with organizations such as Sportsnet, Team Canada, the Raptors, and Canadian Tire, with music placements on the TV Show "Alex Cross", and his Community Work through the organization Articulating Survival was awarded a Music Industry Certificate from the Clive Davis Institute at New York University. Lourde is currently developing his first production company called Almost Paradise as well as working on his sophomore album “Sun Valley”.
The original poem, faith will be required by elemem (Lara Margaret Marjerrison), referenced in the podcast, can be found here and here .
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RESET is a non-profit social enterprise that addresses loneliness by creating liminal and permanent social infrastructure including adult summer camp, pop-up playgrounds, and more.
The Reset Living Room is located in Little Jamaica at 634 Vaughan Road in Toronto.
Camp Reset is an annual four-day tech-free, "no-work-talk" immersive experience that takes place at a traditional summer camp in Bancroft, Ontario, where participants are invited to choose alternate names and engage in rest and play.
At Camp Reset, Lara Margaret Marjerrison is known as Gem.
After Camp Reset 2023, Gem/Lara found herself pondering what, specifically, brought together 250 people from such diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. The People of Reset Series is an exploration in search of the through-line.
Learn more about Reset.
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INSIDE STORIES exists to foster connection in a world suffering and dying from disconnectivity. It seeks to examine the stories we tell and don’t tell and how that impacts us.
The INSIDE STORIES PEOPLE in PLACES PODCAST examines specifically our relationship with Place and its influence on our ways of existing, our beliefs about ourselves and others, and our sense of belonging…or not.