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...
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Mikayla Morin, TAP 2017-18
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...
AnJu Hyppolite, TAP 2017-18
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...
Mikayla Morin, TAP 2017-18
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...
Katie Rainey
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...
Katie Rainey
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...
Katie Rainey
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...
Kym Boyce & Martha O'Connell
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...
Katy Walker-Mejia, TATIP 2016-17
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...
Rabih Ahmed, TATIP 2016-17
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...
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