Tag: book release
In the News: History Between These Folds in the National Association of Black Journalists
By Daja Henry
NABJ Monitor
August 12, 2017
Carver High student Kiara Geiger (’18) autographs a copy of “History Between These Folds.” (Mya Ebanks/Big Class)
New Orleans, also known as the “Big Easy,” is a cultural hub that attracts millions of tourists each year. But growing up in New Orleans can be far from easy.
Big Class, a nonprofit that focuses on students’ self-expression, is lending a hand to the city’s youth. The organization partners with local schools to encourage students to find positive ways to express themselves through writing and art.
This year, Big Class is working with the eleventh grade students of George Washington Carver High School, located in a neighborhood where residents are still recovering from the damage of Hurricane Katrina. As part of Big Class’ Young Authors’ Book Project, students wrote History Between These Folds, a collection of personal essays.
Read more here.
Summer Workshops
Over the past month, Big Class has hosted weekly zine-writing workshops at Alvar Library, and has partnered with the incredible teen program at Norman Mayer Library for an array of workshops.
Collectively, workshop goers have created over fifty pieces of individual writing, and have taken nearly one hundred photos! A summer anthology of all edited work to date will published in late July.
Check out our last workshop of the Summer Saturday, July 23rd 2-4:30 pm at Norman Mayer Library. Join visiting teen writer Keith Riley from Atlanta as he facilitates a free-verse poetry workshop for teens!
And our gallery exhibition and book release July 28 from 4:30-6:30, also at Norman Mayer Library
In the News: History Between These Folds in the National Association of Black Journalists
By Daja Henry
NABJ Monitor
August 12, 2017
Carver High student Kiara Geiger (’18) autographs a copy of “History Between These Folds.” (Mya Ebanks/Big Class)
New Orleans, also known as the “Big Easy,” is a cultural hub that attracts millions of tourists each year. But growing up in New Orleans can be far from easy.
Big Class, a nonprofit that focuses on students’ self-expression, is lending a hand to the city’s youth. The organization partners with local schools to encourage students to find positive ways to express themselves through writing and art.
This year, Big Class is working with the eleventh grade students of George Washington Carver High School, located in a neighborhood where residents are still recovering from the damage of Hurricane Katrina. As part of Big Class’ Young Authors’ Book Project, students wrote History Between These Folds, a collection of personal essays.
Read more here.
Summer Workshops
Over the past month, Big Class has hosted weekly zine-writing workshops at Alvar Library, and has partnered with the incredible teen program at Norman Mayer Library for an array of workshops.
Collectively, workshop goers have created over fifty pieces of individual writing, and have taken nearly one hundred photos! A summer anthology of all edited work to date will published in late July.
Check out our last workshop of the Summer Saturday, July 23rd 2-4:30 pm at Norman Mayer Library. Join visiting teen writer Keith Riley from Atlanta as he facilitates a free-verse poetry workshop for teens!
And our gallery exhibition and book release July 28 from 4:30-6:30, also at Norman Mayer Library
