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Aug 28, 20183 min read

On Creating Collaborative, Social Justice Teaching

What is needed for the profession of teaching artistry to be ethically grounded in social justice? What does it look like? Who is...

Aug 19, 20182 min read

Using What I Learned

In this past year in TAP, I saw a fabulous variety of different professional development workshops all over the five boroughs. A really...

Feb 15, 20182 min read

Lessons in Equitable Pedagogy: The Invitation

On October 28th, the first day of the 2017-18 Teaching Artist Project (TAP) training, the Community-Word Project facilitators asked my...

Jan 8, 20183 min read

We Are Citizen Artists

The work we’ve been doing in our Teaching Artist Project workshops so far has me thinking more and more about the tricky nature of...

Dec 12, 20172 min read

Expanding Pedagogy & Philosophy

On December 9th, 2017, as snow fell across the city, our TAP trainees came together at the Langston Hughes House in Harlem, courtesy of...

Aug 4, 20173 min read

Cross-Country Collaboration

During this year’s Summer Institute, in addition to wonderful participants from all over the country, Community-Word Project (CWP) had...

Jul 26, 20176 min read

Summer Institute 2017: What does it mean to teach for social justice?

On July 19th, 2017, twenty-nine Teaching Artists came together to focus on teaching for social justice and enhancing their skills in the...

Jul 13, 20173 min read

Teaching for Social Justice in an Inclusive Classroom

As Teaching Artists in Community-Word Project's Teaching Artist Training & Internship Program (TATIP), we have the immense, and often...

Apr 10, 20173 min read

The Power of Quotes & Memes in the Classroom

A few summers ago before I gave birth to my first daughter, I attended the Community-Word Project Summer Institute that focused on how...

Feb 8, 20172 min read

Writing in the Midst of Sisterhood

Interning at the The Young Women's Leadership School (TYWLS) with Katie Rainey has been a wonderful experience. While I was in grade...