http://blogs.uprm.edu/englishconference Contemporary Practices and Research in English Education, Literature, and Linguistics Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:41:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://blogs.uprm.edu/englishconference/the-rebel-poets/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Power Writing Workshop / The Rebel Poets « Odette’s Blog Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:41:56 +0000 http://blogs.uprm.edu/englishconference/?page_id=21#comment-7 [...] February 26, 2009 at 2:41 am (Journals) In my previous posting titled English Conference I mentioned that we had the pleasure of participating in a workshop provided by The Rebel Poets that was titled: Power Writing. As presented in the pamphlet provided in the conference, “The Rebel Poets attest to the power of the spoken and written word to transform the lives of urban youth.” They are a New York based group that help young people better themselves and their community through literature, especially poetry. This group was founded by Joseph Ubiles,a public school teacher, that after seeing his students struggling with their day to day troubles decided to help them through this approach. Four members of the group attended the English Conference, Ronald Jay, Ramón DeJesús, Arline Hernández and Amanda Maisonet. If you wish to learn more about them visit this link: The Rebel Poets. [...] [...] February 26, 2009 at 2:41 am (Journals) In my previous posting titled English Conference I mentioned that we had the pleasure of participating in a workshop provided by The Rebel Poets that was titled: Power Writing. As presented in the pamphlet provided in the conference, “The Rebel Poets attest to the power of the spoken and written word to transform the lives of urban youth.” They are a New York based group that help young people better themselves and their community through literature, especially poetry. This group was founded by Joseph Ubiles,a public school teacher, that after seeing his students struggling with their day to day troubles decided to help them through this approach. Four members of the group attended the English Conference, Ronald Jay, Ramón DeJesús, Arline Hernández and Amanda Maisonet. If you wish to learn more about them visit this link: The Rebel Poets. [...]

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