[Bxscience Key Club] Summer Opportunities!

Dear Vivian Xiao, Benjamin Fang, and the Bronx Science Key Club,
We are planning a series of six oral history writing workshops to be held between late June- mid July, aimed at bringing the stories of immigrant women, both young and old, into focus. We are looking to connect high school students with the elderly to collect their stories.

The idea is that we will hold these workshops in a Chinatown senior center. This is not a kind of conversation that typically happens outside of the home, and we believe it is vital for these stories to be told. We are specifically looking for non-native English speakers for this program, as the workshop hopes to generate cross-generational dialogue on experiences of migration. 

The workshops will be moderated by Deanna Fei, a former Fullbright scholar and author of A Thread of Sky, which was a New York Times Editor's Choice pick.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could pass this information on to your fellow students. Interested students should email Tara Sarath at tsarath@aaww.org or call (212) 494-0061 for further details. I have attached an English and Chinese language flyer with more information.

Best,

--
Yuan Li
Summer Intern '11
Asian American Writers' Workshop
110-112 West 27th Street
Suite 600
New York, NY 10001
www.aaww.org


p.s. If you are unable to participate in TalkStory but would like to get involved with the Asian American Writers' Workshop, we are also offering a FREE poetry and photography workshop for young Asian American and Arab American women, entitled Double Exposures: Documenting War at Home. We are currently having difficulty meeting our enrollment. So if you know someone who's interested in photography or writing, please forward https://www.aaww.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=126303187450185. No experience is necessary, but an interest in visual or literary arts is desired. We are accepting applications on a rolling basis until the class is filled.