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CITIZEN UNCENSORED: COLLABORATING ACROSS COMMUNITIES
The 9th graders of TYWLS, Queens explore Claudia Rankine's Citizen, take a field trip, and create socially conscious art all thanks to a number of our community partners.
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BRIGHT SPOT - TYWLS
Student at The Young Women's Leadership School breaks out of shell, as she performs her poem as spoken word.
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BRIGHT SPOT - TYWLS-Q - POETRY STATIONS
TYWLS-Q student finds inspiration in an unlikely place
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BRIGHT SPOT -TYWLS-Q GIRL SURVIVAL GUIDES
The young women at TYWLS-Q create girl survival guides based off Jamaica Kincaid's short story "Girl"
AUTUMN TILSON, STAFF
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LEAVING YOUR VOICE BEHIND
New York Times Reporter Louise Story visits a CWP classroom at TYWLS-Queens
Michele Kotler, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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BRIGHT SPOT - TYWLS-Q - COMMUNITY POEMS!
Creating Community Poems at TYWLS-Q
AUTUMN TILSON, STAFF
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A SAFE PLACE TO BE
TATIP Trainee Carolyn Clark spends her first day with the young women of TYWLS
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