Elise Paramore

In 2018,  HIIK  observed a total of 372 conflicts worldwide-- 57% being violent, and 43% non-violent. It is confounding that so much conflict occurs over our world, but I want to focus on the re-telling of these stories and what we can learn from them. Below are three re-tellings of stories from conflicts and their importance. 1. Hamilton: An American Musical Hamilton about the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of America's Founding Fathers. It highlights his rise out of poverty set within the American War of Independence. (Read more  here ) The musical demonstrates the importance of re-telling the story of the war, and helps to educate people about the founding of the USA. Admittedly, I had no idea what the story was prior to seeing it, and I was blown away by both the music and the brilliant storytelling of an event that I normally wouldn't take an interest in. The finale of the show 'Who Lives, Wh...

We live in a world where we are surrounded by loss. Whether it is our own loss, family and friends who sadly can no longer be with us or people who we look up to, actors; singers; writers who inspire us and are imprinted within our memories. Recently we have lost some of the most brilliant and talented people and I feel obliged to write something about these people. Last year we lost Kyle Jean-Baptiste, a broadway actor at the age of 21. Kyle broke broadway history as the first black Valjean in Les Miserables after filling in for Ramin Karimloo who was on vacation. He was only just getting started in his career and the loss of his life is extremely sad. This year we have lost three of the most loved celebrities. Lemmy, front man of motorhead and an extremely loved person in the Rock community, David Bowie, a revolutionary and talented musician and actor. And today we lost Actor Alan Rickman, a fine British actor who shaped characters such as Professor Snape in the Harry Potter fran...