'An Explication Of Emily Dickinson's Poem 546'

Emily Dickinson’s “546” taught me to speak my truth and to speak it again the next day, whatever it may be. “To Fill a Gap / Insert the Thing that caused it-” she begins. Those lines inspire me to take charge and act with agency to fill the gaps I see in my community. Dickinson’s poem motivates me to not only dream about change, but to take responsibility to change what I want changed. To me, those gaps are intolerance and disrespect towards other. And by not taking action, I only widen the gaps in justice. One way in which I seek to drive change within my community is through Cincinnati Country Day’s Diversity Conference Committee. I was inspired to apply for the student-faculty committee because I saw it as a way for students to speak of