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Writing for All: Building Inclusive Writing Spaces from the Start, Sponsored by WITS Alliance

Virtual
Thursday, March 24, 2022
12:10 pm to 1:10 pm

 

What does inclusivity in the classroom (WITS/writer residency) program look like? From hiring to practice in the classroom, this discussion will explore the landscape of inclusivity work in literary arts education. Teaching artists will discuss what WITS programs can do to expand the notion of inclusivity with an intersectional disability justice lens.



Participants

Moderator:

Michele Kotler is the founding director of the Community Word Project, an arts-in-education organization based in New York City. She received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College and her MFA in creative writing, poetry, from the University of Michigan.

MATTMATT is a poet from Bedford Heights, Ohio. They earned their MFA in creative writing at The New School. MATTMATT has edited over ten anthologies of student-centered writing and has taught with Teachers & Writers Collaborative, National Book Foundation, Parsons, and Sarah Lawrence University.

Shawntai Brown

#AWP24

February 7–10, 2024
Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City Convention Center