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Re:Verse Literary Conference & Festival 2008Saturday, October 25, 2008 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM (ET)Bronx, NY |
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Event Details
Saturday, October 25, 2008, 11-5pm
Hostos Community College
450 Grand Concourse at 149th St., Bronx, NY
The Re:Verse Literary Conference
presents creative ways for keeping literature and books valuable sources of
knowledge and creativity. This series of professional-development workshops will
help educators incorporate literature into existing curricula to further explore
course work that focuses on cultures, history, and social studies.
The mission is to bring a love of
literature back into the classroom in new, unique, and exciting
ways.
All conference attendees will receive a
complimentary one-year subscription to Mosaic Literary Magazine ($24
value) and lunch.
On-site Registration: 11:00-12:00n
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Session I: 12:00n-1:15pm
Conscious Women Rock the Page: Using Hip
Hop Fiction to Incite Social Change
Conscious Women Rock the Page to support educators who wish to use hip-hop fiction in their classrooms to explore social issues and promote activism among their students.
Conscious Women Rock the Page to support educators who wish to use hip-hop fiction in their classrooms to explore social issues and promote activism among their students.
Instructors: Jennifer Calderon, Elisha
Miranda, Sofía Quintero, and Marcella Runell
Hall
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Puerto Rican and Dominican Poetry in the
Classroom
This workshop will explore the work of poets from the rich cultural communities Puerto Rican and Dominican and ways to use their work in the classroom.
This workshop will explore the work of poets from the rich cultural communities Puerto Rican and Dominican and ways to use their work in the classroom.
Instructor: Rich Villar
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Session II: 1:30-2:45pm
Revisiting the Role of Literature &
Culture in the Classroom through Art & the Written Word
Revisiting the Role of Literature will explore the fusion of culture, literature, and visual arts in new ways; global community building through literature; and the role played by literature, art and the new media in the creation of a heritage and cultural identity.
Revisiting the Role of Literature will explore the fusion of culture, literature, and visual arts in new ways; global community building through literature; and the role played by literature, art and the new media in the creation of a heritage and cultural identity.
Instructors: Gabrielle David and Nikita
Hunter
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The Bridge is Over: Connecting Young
Adults with Engaging, Age-Appropriate Literature
The Bridge is Over will provide educators and youth providers with strategies to identify and work with engaging multicultural young adult literature.
The Bridge is Over will provide educators and youth providers with strategies to identify and work with engaging multicultural young adult literature.
Instructor: Felicia
Pride/BackList
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Lunch: 2:45-3:30pm
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Session III: 3:45-5:00pm
Lunch: 2:45-3:30pm
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Session III: 3:45-5:00pm
Learning About Ourselves and Each Other:
How Reading Diverse Text Promotes Tolerance and Boundary-Stretching
This workshop will engage participants in discussion and activity that identifies ways to engage urban youth in literary pursuits that include reading about and discussing literary texts by authors who are culturally different or write about characters who are different culturally in any way ranging from ethnicity and religion to nationality and gender.
This workshop will engage participants in discussion and activity that identifies ways to engage urban youth in literary pursuits that include reading about and discussing literary texts by authors who are culturally different or write about characters who are different culturally in any way ranging from ethnicity and religion to nationality and gender.
Instructor: Khadijah
Ali-Coleman
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Poems as Speech Acts and Accommodating
Forms
Workshop participants will read aloud and analyze three to four contemporary poems by different poets and discuss how our attitudes, beliefs, and our understanding of diction, tone, and context influence us to arrive at the poet's intended meaning.
Workshop participants will read aloud and analyze three to four contemporary poems by different poets and discuss how our attitudes, beliefs, and our understanding of diction, tone, and context influence us to arrive at the poet's intended meaning.
Instructor: Charles H.
Lynch
Re:Verse is
presented by The Literary Freedom Project, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt not-for-profit
arts organization that supports the literary arts through education, creative
thinking, and new media. Additional support was provided by the Bronx
Council on the Arts, Backlist, and Hostos Community
College.
When & Where
Hostos Community College
450 Grand Concourse
Bronx,
NY 10451
Saturday, October 25, 2008 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM (ET)
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Literary Freedom Project
The Mosaic Literary Conference is presented by The Literary Freedom Project, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt not-for-profit arts organization that supports the literary arts through education, creative thinking, and new media.