“I can’t write poetry,” she says. “I’m not a poet.”All around students are sharing poems they’ve written, swapping images and lines, boasting about their work.…
During the course of Community-Word Project's Teaching Artist Training & Internship Program (TATIP) Saturday training sessions, I learned the value of havi…
In my first seminar with Community-Word Project's Teaching Artist Training & Internship Program (TATIP) back in October, our first task was to answer quest…
“I always imagined Paradise would be some sort of a Library.” -Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator.It is rainy,…
“I always imagined Paradise would be some sort of a Library.” -Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator. It is rainy, co…
Last Thursday, my partner Kate and I taught our first lesson at Community-Word Project’s 3rd Grade Poetry and Visual Arts class at PS 84 in Williamsburg. It wa…
It has been four days since our last Teaching Artist Training & Internship Program (TATIP) class, and I am still amazed by how much we have learned and ho…
TYWLS-Q students have been creating their community poems in class. Before putting together their community poems, the students shared the individual poems the…
“You can’t lead the people if you don’t love the people. You can’t save the people if you don’t serve the people.” - Dr. Cornel West, philosopher, political …
