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2016 am plenary
The document provides information on new National Writing Project sites in Elk River, Montana and Singapore. It then lists the Board of Directors and notes a new Board Chair. Finally, it discusses the National Student Poets program, showing pictures of past student poets and activities.
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2016 am plenary
- 4. New Sites ELK RIVERWRITING PROJECT Montana State University Billings SINGAPORE WRITING PROJECT English Language Institute of Singapore
- 5. Board of Directors JudithWarren Little, Chair Professor of the Graduate School; Carol Liu Professor of Education Policy, emerita University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Elyse Eidman-Aadahl Executive Director National Writing Project, Berkeley, CA David Hoverman Managing Partner Parthenon-EY, San Francisco, CA Jabari Mahiri Professor in the Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Ellen Shelton Director of the Pre-College Programs and UM Writing Project University of Mississippi University, Mississippi Christa Velasquez Lecturer University of Chicago Chicago, IL Scott Widmeyer Managing Partner Widmeyer Communications New York, NY Diane Waff Practice Professor Graduate School of Education University of Pennsylvania Brian Wong Partner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP San Francisco, CA Janelle Quintans Bence High School English Teacher New Tech High @ Coppell Coppell, TX George Haley Senior Partner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP San Francisco, CA Michael Kane Managing Director Caltius Mezzanine, Los Angeles, CA Tom Meyer Associate Professor of Secondary Education SUNY New Paltz New York, NY
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- 20. Scholastic Art &Writing Awards NWP Affiliate Partners WRITING PROJECT AFFILIATE PARTNER SCHOLASTIC AWARDS REGION Boise State Writing Project Idaho Writing Region Chicago Area Writing Project Chicago Writing Region Hoosier Writing Project at IUPUI Central/Southern Indiana Writing Region Greater New Orleans Writing Project Southeast Louisiana Writing Region Northwestern State University Writing Project North-Central Louisiana Writing Region The Southern Maine Writing Project Southern Maine Writing Region Minnesota Writing Project Minnesota Writing Region Greater Kansas City Writing Project Missouri Writing Region The Red River Valley Writing Project at NDSU North Dakota Writing Region The National Writing Project in New Hampshire New Hampshire Writing Region Philadelphia Writing Project Philadelphia Writing Region Western PA Writing Project Pittsburgh Writing Region To inquire about becoming an Affiliate Partner email info@artandwriting.org
- 21. The nation’s highesthonor for youth poets presenting original work.
- 22. The Class of2016 National Student Poets with First Lady Michelle Obama. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for Alliance for Young Artists & Writers)
- 23. Classes 2012 –2016 participated in the Fifth Anniversary Performance at the White House, September 2016. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for Alliance for Young Artists & Writers)
- 24. Appointment Events inWashington, D.C., included multiple readings and a breakfast with Cave Canem co-founder, Toi Derricotte.
- 25. Practicing reading techniqueswith Program Mentor Glenis Redmond.
- 26. The Class of2016 are introduced by Megan Beyer, Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities, at a dinner in their honor.
- 27. Anna Lance (left)and David Xiang (right) of the Class of 2015 conducting workshops in the field for their National Poetry Month Events and Community Service Projects.
- 28. Left: Chasity Hale,Class of 2015, conducts a workshop at a public school in Savannah, GA, during National Poetry Month. Right: De’John Hardges, Class of 2015, workshops a poem with fourth graders at the Harlem Academy. (Conor Harrigan)
- 29. The 2016 NationalStudent Poets read at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival on Friday, October 21, in front of a packed house—that included former U.S. Poet Laureate, Billy Collins.
- 30. At The HuffingtonPost, where they read for an upcoming feature.
- 31. With U.S. PoetLaureate and Program Juror, Juan Felipe Herrera.
- 32. The nation’s highesthonor for youth poets presenting original work.
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- 40. We have askeda great deal of you this morning. To not give up hope, to double down, to come home, to get to work. Let us, together, gather our thoughts before we go our separate ways. Send writing to writings@nwp.org.