Gabriela Garcia Medina, an international artist and spoken word poet, performs her poem “Self-Empowered Love Poem” during the Hispanic Heritage Month opening ceremony at Emerson Alumni Hall Sept. 14, 2015. Her poem challenged the idea of unhealthy dependent relationships that are promoted in popular music. “I wanted to write a poem of love songs and turn it into something empowering,” Medina said during her speech.
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