Increased leadership skills, advocacy and awareness, and representation
230+
Hours of Literacy Instruction and Community Engagement
107+
LCI Students
375+
Written pieces
Write
- Number of books published: 7
- Bull City YouthBuild:
- See Unbroken Pieces Through the Shadows (2019)
- Strong and Unbroken (2018)
- Blueprints (2017)
- Juntos NC:
- The Voices of Our People: Nuestras Verdades (2019)
- The Roots of Our People: From One World to Another — Juntos (2018)
- CORRAL Riding Academy:
- A Leg Up (2020)
- Healing Starts with a Story (2021)
- Bull City YouthBuild:
- Number of genres: 12 different genres including vignettes, poetry, memoirs, essays, letters and essay letters, collaborative pieces, reflections, blackout poems, autoethnography and interviews, and spoken word poetry
- Bull City YouthBuild: 6
- See Unbroken Pieces Through the Shadows: poem, memoir, essay, letter
- Strong and Unbroken: memoir, poem, essay, collective/collaborative piece
- Blueprints: essay, reflection, poem, collaborative poem/piece
- Juntos NC: 7
- The Voices of Our People: Nuestras Verdades: blackout poem, autoethnography, letter essay, poem, interviews
- The Roots of Our People: From One World to Another — Juntos: poetry, memoir, vignette, letters, essay
- CORRAL Riding Academy: 8
- A Leg Up: essay, interview, poem, blackout poems
- Healing Starts with a Story: blackout poetry, flash fiction narratives, six word memoirs, letters, spoken word
- Bull City YouthBuild: 6
- Strengthened writing skills
- Greater command of language
- Increased confidence in writing
- Number of student-written products: 375 and counting!
Engage
- Number of students: 107 and counting!
- Greater student engagement
- Greater perceived emotional safety
- Active social and emotional learning and self-compassion
- Greater connection to peers
- Improved relationships with program staff and teachers
Lead
- Better understanding of peers
- Strengthened advocacy skills
- Greater understanding of community issues and challenges
- Increased critical awareness
- Greater confidence, self-esteem and self-determination
- Strengthened speaking skills
- Programmatic components:
- Podcast with #PassTheMicYouth
- Participation in Dessert with Democracy
- 6 LCI instructors
- 2 Ph.D. candidates
- 1 M.A. student
- 1 M.F.A. student
- 2 BA students
- Number of unique curriculum developed by LCI: 15
- Bull City YouthBuild: 6
- Juntos NC: 3
- CORRAL Riding Academy: 3
- Refugee Hope Partners: 2
- Overarching Theme Guide: 1
- Number of leadership and community engagement reading events: 13
Audience Testimonials
- “This reading made me feel proud to be a Latino and to hear that there are students expressing their feelings and thoughts for society to hear.
- “Keep writing. Keep working. Keep dreaming. I loved your writing and hope one day everyone will be able to read it. Juntos somos fuertes.”
- “Literacy is a vital necessity for people to function as citizens in the world, locally and beyond.”
- “Literacy is crucial to understanding, across the board, many different cultures and societal norms. This understanding brings clarity and coherence within a community.”
- “I am impressed with their commitment to the project the bravery it took to share their stories. They were all so well-spoken and their stories were thought-provoking.”