Author: Iris Formey Dawson

A corporate trainer, inspirational speaker, and former instructor, Iris Formey Dawson ("IF") is a multidimensional word sculptor, who avoids cookie-cutter creation. Iris serves as a principal writer at The Formey Touch, a professional writing support collective rooted in her family’s passion for communications excellence. Some of Iris's pieces have appeared in Essence magazine and the Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, on MSNBC (which SCAD featured during its Presidential Conferment of Degrees and Presentation of Degrees ceremonies on May 28, 2021).

Senator Raphael Gamaliel Warnock

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Power Outage

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Five Classes

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The Plantation

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The Inaugural Days

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John Lewis Conscience of the Congress

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No Protection for ASPCA

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Breonna Taylor

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It Is Deeper Than The Skin We Are In

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Pull the Emergency Brake

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An Account of Donald Trump’s Coronavirus High-Speed Chase For over a month, I’ve felt like someone handcuffed in the back seat of a police cruiser careening through the streets—with a toddler behind the wheel. Powerless to do little more than yell, scream, occasionally throw myself against the car window, and …