Ongoing- All Summer 2008
Postcard Project
The Neighborhood Writing Alliance, The Public Square at the IHC, and dropping knowledge international, are sponsoring a “Looking for Democracy” Postcard Project. These days, most of our conversations, whether nationwide or at the dinner table, are shaped by those other than us. Our postcard project is an attempt to reclaim those conversations.What questions are on your mind? What questions should we be thinking about, talking about, and asking of ourselves and our communities? What questions should be on America’s agenda? Individuals are invited to share the question that they feel should be on the forefront of America’s agenda this election season and beyond. This program is part of NWA’s Raising Questions/Generating Answers project.
We encourage you to participate as well. Click on the image above and email us the question YOU think should be on America's agenda.
SPEAK UP AND BE HEARD!
Postcards are available at all Neighborhood Writing Alliance events, as well as our co-sponsors: Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council, the dropping knowledge project, the Southwest Youth Collaborative, and the Egan Urban Center at DePaul University.
Completed postcards will be on display at Hyde Park Art Center (5020 S. Cornell Ave.) through Summer 2008 in the Art Resource Room
WHERE WERE YOU -- Winter/Spring 2008
Neighborhood Writing Alliance (NWA) participants explore their connection to historical moments
"Where Were You?"was taken from the question commonly asked in relation to major historical events such as “Where were you when Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed?” or “Where were you when U.S. astronauts landed on the moon?” "Where Were You?" illustrates the connections between
the writer's personal, family, or community stories
and broader events, helping to define their place in history.
Related Events
- Question and answer session with playwright Ifa Bayeza
- Writings of reflections on Emmett Till (displayed in the Goodman Theater Lobby)
- "Defining Our Place in History" reading as part of Chicago's 2nd Annual Looptopia
- Publication of JOT
