Delta State University\u2019s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is hosting Qurrat Ann Kadwani to perform her one-woman show, \u201cTHEY CALL ME Q,\u201d April 6 at 7 p.m. in Jobe Hall Auditorium.<\/p>\n
The show, written and performed by Kadwani, is the story\u00a0of a girl from Bombay, India growing up in the Boogie Down Bronx who gracefully seeks balance between the cultural pressures brought forth by her traditional parents and wanting acceptance into her new culture.<\/p>\n
Along the journey, she transforms into 13 characters who have shaped her life \u2014 including her parents, Caucasian teachers, Puerto Rican classmates and African American friends.<\/p>\n
Laden with heart and abundant humor, \u201cTHEY CALL ME Q\u201d speaks to the universal search for identity experienced by immigrants of all nationalities.<\/p>\n
Along with being an actress, Kadwani is a producer, emcee, television host and philanthropist. Visit http:\/\/qkadwani.com\/theycallmeq\/<\/a> for more information on the performance.<\/p>\n Delta State\u2019s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), \u201cA World Class Experience: Improving Cultural Competency at Delta State,\u201d is a five-year plan to improve aspects of student learning. The university\u2019s focus is geared toward boosting cultural competency. Learn more at https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/qep<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Delta State University\u2019s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) is hosting Qurrat Ann Kadwani to perform her one-woman show, \u201cTHEY CALL ME Q,\u201d April 6 at 7 p.m. in Jobe Hall Auditorium….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":62986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,296,1138,246],"tags":[216,1139,1141,1140,1074,1438],"class_list":["post-62985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-community-3","category-facultystaff","category-qep","category-students","tag-community","tag-immigrants","tag-india","tag-kadwani","tag-performance","tag-qep"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62985"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62988,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62985\/revisions\/62988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}