The One World: Connecting Communities, Cultures, and Classrooms Program teaches
students fundamentals in diversity, respect for others, and building communities. The
lessons help children develop skills to promote empathy, dialogue, and respect. The
program includes a Student Journey Book that provide extensions and a deeper
exploration of the lessons topics. All lessons and support tools are available online for
download. To learn more, visit
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/one_world/index.asp
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Grant Opportunity
Summary: The Association for Library Service to Children is funding, “Light the
Way: Outreach to the Underserved,” honoring a library conducting exemplary
outreach to underserved populations, such as children with physical or learning
disabilities or who speak English as a second language.
Due Date: December 3, 2007
Award Amount: $5,000
Information: http://www.ala.org/alsc
Category Archives: October 07
Reading Event in Philly
Encouraging Our Sons to Read
Monday, October 29, 2007, 6:00 p.m.
Exciting, compassionate and highly motivated to improve the quality of life for children in the United States and abroad are just a few adjectives used to describe David C. Miller. As a co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer for the Urban Leadership Institute, LLC., Miller is the author of Dare to be King: What If The Prince Lives? A Survival Workbook for African American Males (August 2003), Lessons I learned From My Father: A Collection of Quotes From Men of African Descent (June 2004) and DADDY’S GIRL: Remembering Advice From My Father (May 2006).
Patrick M. Oliver is founder of the Say It Loud! Readers and Writers Series and was the program director for the Open Book Program a citywide after-school reading project. Mr. Oliver was also director of Sales and Marketing at Third World Press the country’s oldest Black independent publisher. He is co-founder of the Black Male Development Symposium. His literary projects have been featured on Black Entertainment Television, CBS, Comcast, CSPAN BookTV, National Public Radio, NBC and in publications such as Ebony and Essence Magazines. Mr. Oliver is publisher and editor of the Essence Magazine Best Selling anthology Turn the Page and You Don’t Stop: Sharing Successful Chapters in Our Lives with Youth.
This event is sponsored by the William Penn School District 21st Century Program and Yeadon Public Library.
Celebrating 10 years of Reading, Writing and Telling Our Stories
www.speakloudly.com
(312) 287-0415
NATIONAL READING-WRITING CONTEST OFFERS BIG PRIZES FOR STUDENTS AND LIBRARIES
Entry forms for the 2008 Letters About Literature contest, a national reading-writing contest sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress in partnership with Target Stores, are now available on the Indiana Center for the Book’s website. The competition calls for entrants to write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, from any genre (fiction or nonfiction, contemporary or classic, etc.) explaining how that author’s work changed the student’s way of thinking about the world or their self.
As in previous years, state contest winners will receive a cash award, plaque, and frameable copy of their letter from the Indiana Center for the Book during an awards presentation next spring. Top winners also receive a Target GiftCard and advance to the national level competition. A new prize for this year’s national winners – and one that will hopefully encourage public and school libraries to get young patrons to participate – is a $10,000 LAL Reading Promotion Grant for the community or school library of the winner’s choice. National winners will also receive a $500 Target GiftCard. Additionally, the national honorable mention winners will each receive a $100 Target GiftCard and a $1,000 LAL Reading Promotion Grant for the community or school library of their choice.
For additional information or to obtain official contest guidelines, entry coupons, or teaching guides, contact the Indiana Center for the Book by phone at (317) 232-3699 or by email, or visit the Letters About Literature website. Letters About Literature is open to legal U.S. residents enrolled as a student in grades 4-12 during 2007/2008 school year and nine (9) years of age or older as of 9/1/07. Contest starts 9/1/07 and ends 12/14/07.
Boys & Girls Clubs Present Retaliation-Violence Prevention Town Hall Meetings
Forums encourage youth to discuss alternatives with experts
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (BGCGW) Metropolitan Police Clubhouses and Youth Activist/Author, Yasmin Shiraz of the Signals Agency present Retaliation-Violence Prevention town hall meetings to promote youth conversations about violence in Washington, DC . These public forums sponsored by BGCGW’s Violence Prevention Initiative will be held at Boys & Girls Clubs in the District to engage police officers, victims, conflict resolution specialists, community activists and youth in a dialogue regarding how violence has affected their lives. BGCGW programs address significant, life-altering issues facing today’s youth, including crime, teenage pregnancy, poor health and nutrition, and school drop out rates.
The first two Retaliation Townhalls will take place on October 17, 2007 at Clubhouse #2, 120 M Street, NW, Washington, DC and on October 24, 2007 at Clubhouse #14, 4103 Benning Road NE, Washington, DC. Both events will be held from 5 to 7pm and are open to the public. Participating youth will receive a complimentary copy of Ms. Shiraz’s Retaliation: a Novel based on discussions facilitated through BGCGW’s teen pregnancy prevention program.
“In the middle of a self-esteem workshop, I learned that a young lady who was still dealing with the fear of being attacked. I had to stop talking about self esteem and had to begin to talk about violence, frustration, fear and safety,” Shiraz explains. “It made me realize that our youth cannot learn in an environment when they are afraid. They can’t learn about progress when they are worried about being hurt.”
“The Retaliation/Violence Prevention initiative fits within our outreach programming because our children are living out what they see & hear everyday and these forums at the club are geared at letting youth create their own positive frames of references” says Darius Stanton, Regional Vice President Youth have very few opportunities to talk about issues that affect their lives in a public forum.
