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All Write!

ALL WRITE!

THURSDAY, MAY 09, 2024 | 7PM


EVERYONE HAS A STORY TO TELL


Hosted by Madeline Cohen


STORIES BY STUDENTS FROM COMMUNITY-BASED LITERACY PROGRAMS


READINGS BY

Crystal Dickinson, Philip Estrera, Nathan Hinton, and Dawn Akemi Saito



THE READINGS

In Search of Dreams by Mafe Sabogal

LaGuardia Community College, Center for Immigrant Education and Training (CIET)

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


The Day When I Left My Town: One of Many Migrant Stories by Fidencio Mendoza

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement

Performed by Philip Estrera


The Mourning of Ulises by Cesar Lemus

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement

Performed by Nathan Hinton


Valeria by Flor Casafranca

LaGuardia Community College, Center for Immigrant Education and Training (CIET)

Performed by Crystal Dickinson


The Girl Who Suffered in Silence by Marcia Pesantez

LaGuardia Community College, Center for Immigrant Education and Training (CIET)

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


Shaving Reflections by Ashkan Nayyeri

The New York Public Library Washington Heights Branch

Performed by Philip Estrera


Proud Migrant by Nancy Moreno

LaGuardia Community College, Center for Immigrant Education and Training (CIET)

Performed by Crystal Dickinson


Dreams, Opportunities, Pizza by Anastasiia Kern

The New York Public Library Washington Heights Branch

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


A Global Citizen by Andres Segarra

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement

Performed by Nathan Hinton


Who Are the Imazighen? by Rachida Zoummane

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement

Performed by Crystal Dickinson


African Burial Grounds by Philip Lombardo

Brooklyn Public Library Eastern Parkway Adult Learning Center

Performed by Philip Estrera



Snow by Lyn Blair

Brooklyn Public Library Pacific Avenue Adult Learning Center

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


Summer and Winter by Georgia Webb

Brooklyn Public Library Pacific Avenue Adult Learning Center

Performed by Nathan Hinton


Winter and Ugg Boots by Daneika Campbell

Brooklyn Public Library Pacific Avenue Adult Learning Center

Performed by Crystal Dickinson


Winter, Cold, Spring, Warm, Sky by Suzet Jervis

Brooklyn Public Library Eastern Parkway Adult Learning Center

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


Halloween by Arabia Richburg

Brooklyn Public Library Eastern Parkway Adult Learning Center

Performed by The Company


My Name Is Seth by Taikyoung Bae

The New York Public Library Washington Heights Branch

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


What’s in a Word? by Elena Villao

The New York Public Library Washington Heights Branch

Performed by Crystal Dickinson


While the Book Is Closed by Hanna Lipatova

NYC Department of Education Queens Adult Learning Center

Performed by Nathan Hinton


A Worn Down Leather-Bound Journal by Fernanda Vaccaro

Lehman College Adult Learning Center

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


A Light That Brightened My Life by Jinyun Jiang

Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Family Support Center

Performed by Crystal Dickinson


The Color Black by Anisa Rose

Brooklyn Public Library Pacific Avenue Adult Learning Center

Performed by Nathan Hinton


Metal by Misaki Tanahashi

The New York Public Library Washington Heights Branch

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


Mercedes Man by Mohammed Yehdih

The New York Public Library Washington Heights Branch

Performed by Philip Estrera


Danta Jungle Experience by Marcela Cifuentes

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement

Performed by Crystal Dickinson


A Memorable Class Trip by Claudie Belizaire Rousseau

Brooklyn College Adult Literacy Program

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


The School Crossing Guards by Maria Aguirre

Brooklyn College Adult Literacy Program

Performed by Madeline Cohen, Crystal Dickinson, and Dawn Akemi Saito


My Immigration by Yu Qin Chan

NYC Department of Education Queens Adult Learning Center

Performed by Crystal Dickinson


Message from Underwater by Dawlat Elabasi

NYC Department of Education Queens Adult Learning Center

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


A Surprise Birthday Party by Ikrame Safini

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement

Performed by Crystal Dickinson


Friends by Anna Hong

Borough of Manhattan Community College

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


Nowhere Is Happy Like Home by Kevin Patterson

Brooklyn Public Library Eastern Parkway Adult Learning Center

Performed by Nathan Hinton



Home, Sweet Home by Yevhenii Matkovskyi

Shorefront YM-YWHA

Performed by Philip Estrera


My Son by Natiangue Diaby

NYC Department of Education Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center

Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


My Teenager by Seta Sylla

NYC Department of Education Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center

Performed by Crystal Dickinson


How Beautiful Is This Life by William Gonzalez

LaGuardia Community College, Center for Immigrant Education and Training (CIET)

Performed by Nathan Hinton

The Performers (in alphabetical order)

MORE INFORMATION

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

The All Write! adult literacy program is generously supported by Susan Bay Nimoy, the Estate of Douglas M. Matheson, Seedlings Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, MacMillan Family Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, The New York Community Trust Judith and Stanley Zabar Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Henry Nias Foundation, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Mustang Foundation, Michael Tuch Foundation, Vidda Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America, and Sy Syms Foundation.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

All Write! also receives support from an endowment established by the Steven Aresty Foundation.

Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.

Floral design by PlantShed

Symphony Space Staff

Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen
Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer
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Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Artistic Director (1988-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)

Lulu Fogarty Director of Education
Regina Larkin Manager of Education Programs
Madeline Cohen Director of All Write!

Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson
Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward
Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin
Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Matthew Love
Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski
Literary Assistant
Sophia Raimondi Literary Intern
Lulu Chatterjee Literary Intern

LITERACY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Teresa Bell NYC Department of Education–Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center
Madeline Cohen Symphony Space
Solange Farina City University of New York–Borough of Manhattan Community College
Mary Esther Malloy Consultant

*in memoriam

Your generosity makes possible a vibrant array of music, literature, film, family, and arts education programs!