People And Stories - Gente Y Cuentos Inc

READING DEEPLY IN COMMUNITY

STORY TALK

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL AND MARKETING EXPENSES IN RESPONSE TO AND RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL COSTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

CONNECTING COMMUNITIES THROUGH LITERATURE [THIS PROJECT WILL 1) PROVIDE EIGHT, 8-WEEK LITERATURE READING AND DISCUSSION PROGRAMS FOR 120-160 MARGINALIZED PARTICIPANTS WITH LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC DISCOURSE AND PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING, AND 2) SUPPORT THE HIRING OF A PUBLIC HUMANITIES SCHOLAR WHO WILL ADVANCE STRATEGIC GOALS SET FORTH BY PEOPLE & STORIES/GENTE Y CUENTOS' STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE.] [PURPOSE: THE GRANT TO GENTE Y CUENTOS WILL SUPPORT AN 8-WEEK LITERATURE READING AND DISCUSSION PROGRAM FOR 120-160 MARGINALIZED PARTICIPANTS WITH LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC DISCOURSE AND PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING. THE AWARD WILL HELP HIRE A PROGRAM MANAGER AND SIX FACILITATORS FOR THE PROJECT.  ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: GENTE Y CUENTOS WILL IMPLEMENT AN 8-WEEK READING AND DISCUSSION PROGRAM IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND HIRE A PROGRAM MANAGER AND SIX PROGRAM FACILITATORS. IN TOTAL, 64 READING AND DISCUSSION SESSIONS WILL FOCUS ON TWO IMPORTANT HUMANITIES THEMES: IDENTITIES AND COMMUNITIES. IDENTITY WILL BE DISCUSSED THROUGH EXAMINING MULTICULTURAL STORIES AND EXPLORATION OF THE TENSIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTS. THE WAYS IN WHICH THE STORIES REPRESENT DIFFERENT IDENTITIES AND HOW THEY MIRROR OR CONFLICT WITH PARTICIPANTS' OWN EXPERIENCES WILL BE REFLECTED ON. PARTICIPANTS WILL BE INVITED TO EXPLORE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP.?  EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE PROJECT WILL EXPAND THE PARTICIPANTS? UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNITY ACROSS DIFFERENT CULTURES. THEY WILL BECOME ACTIVE EXAMINERS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO DEVELOP AN IDENTITY AND BE AFFILIATED WITH A COMMUNITY. THEY WILL BE USE LITERATURE AS A MEANS OF CRITICAL THINKING. THEY WILL BE ENCOURAGED IN TERMS OF SELF-ASSURANCE, AND MOTIVATED TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC HUMANITIES.  INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: 120-160 PARTICIPANTS WHO OTHERWISE HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO PUBLIC HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING AND THE PROGRAM STAFF IN PARTICULAR, AND PUBLIC HUMANITIES IN GENERAL.  SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]

SUSTAIN AND PROSPER +HUMANITIES PROJECT

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF READING AND WRITING WORKSHOPS.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE WRITING OUR STORIES PROGRAM A SERIES OF READING AND WRITING WORKSHOPS. 

TO SUPPORT THE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A WRITING WORKSHOP TRAINING CURRICULUM.

TO SUPPORT WRITING WORKSHOPS.

TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF WRITING WORKSHOPS.

TO SUPPORT READING LITERATURE: WRITING OUR STORIES, A SERIES OF FREE BOOK DISCUSSIONS AND WRITING WORKSHOPS TARGETING INMATES, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS,

TO SUPPORT A SERIES OF WRITING WORKSHOPS.

TO SUPPORT "READING LITERATURE, WRITING OUR STORIES," A SERIES OF READINGS, DISCUSSIONS, AND WORKSHOPS WITH AUTHOR LAUREN B. DAVIS AND POET PAUL MULD

TO SUPPORT LITERARY READINGS DISCUSSIONS AND WORKSHOPS WITH GUEST ARTISTS LAUREN B. DAVIS PAUL MULDOON AND ALVIN AUBERT.