|
NEWS
I am what's left, ordinary
From sweet dirt and brown clay
Mud mixing down a hillside
The Mississippi bottom-lands
Just after the rains
-Tricia's Blues
Patricia Guy
King Branch Writing Group in Bronzeville
SAVE THE DATE
Neighborhood Writing Alliance 4th Annual Benefit Celebration
Every Person Is a Philosopher: Real People Writing Real Stories
Monday, April 18, 2005 from 5:00p.m. - 8:30p.m.
University of Chicago Gleacher Center
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
The reception will include a reading by writers from the Journal of Ordinary Thought and a silent auction featuring art, Chicago dining and theater packages, and more.
READING
We will host a reading at the Hall Branch Library to celebrate Black History Month. We invite everyone to come out and support local JOT writers as they reflect on everyday experiences.
Monday, February 14, 2005 from 4:30p.m. - 6:00p.m.
Hall Branch Library, 4801 South Michigan Avenue
WORK & LABOR PROJECT
The Neighborhood Writing Alliance (NWA) is embarking on an exciting new project this year exploring the theme of work and labor through writing, discussion, and oral histories. Oral histories and written pieces collected from our weekly writing groups as well as our special workshops (listed below) will be published in the Spring 2005 issue of the Journal of Ordinary Thought. For more information and/or to participate in this project, please attend one of the writing workshops listed on our website under "Writing Groups" or contact Evelyn Delgado at edelgado@jot.org, (773) 684-2742.
**This project is made possible in part by grants from the Sara Lee Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Humanities Council.
SPECIAL WORKSHOPS
The Social Meanings of Work with Professor Jamie Daniel
Participants will focus on what work means in relation to family and community, class status, options for education, gender, race and ethnicity-in short, in relation to everything that contributes to our own sense of self. They will look at their own experiences of work and those of others in their families. The workshop will examine how society values some kinds of work more highly than others, and how some work experiences are rendered socially invisible. Participants will think about why some work experiences are considered evidence of success and others evidence of failure or lack of ambition. Participants will also look at how work can stabilize and stregthen communities, and what can happen to communities when work leaves.
Tuesday, February 15 & 22, 2005 from 5:00p.m. - 7:00p.m.
Tuesday, March 1, 2005 from 5:00p.m. - 7:00p.m.
Harold Washington Library, 400 South State, Room 4N-10
UPDATES
NWA Commences New Writing Group
The Neighborhood Writing Alliance initiated a brand new writing workshop at the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing at Chicago State University. We are extending an invitation to all JOT writers interested in switching or exploring other groups as well as those visiting us for the first time.
Thursdays from 6:00p.m. - 7:30p.m.
Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing
Douglas Library Room, LIB 210-A
Chicago State University, 9501 S. King Drive
Latest JOT Issue: Stories Across Generations In Englewood (SAGE)
The SAGE project is a collaboration between the Neighborhood Writing Alliance (NWA) and Young Chicago Authors (YCA). It seeks to strengthen the Englewood community via inter-generational writing/dialogue conducive to cross-generational understanding. Writings derived from this project have been published in an anthology that was released December 2004. The issue is titled: "NOW AND THEN."
This project is made possible in part by grants from the JOYCE Foundation.
NEWPAGES.COM REVIEWS "CAUSE I WANTED TO"
The reviews are in and it’s official. The Winter 2004 issue of the Journal of Ordinary Thought is a hit!
We plan events throughout the year, so please check back often. Or sign up for our new email newsletter, @JOT, and be notified of upcoming events (and more!) by email. Sign up here.
|
|
|
|
SUPPORT JOT & NWA
SPECIAL OFFER!! Give a donation of $50 to NWA and receive a year of JOT, beginning with "Now and Then" and the opportunity to send a gift subscription to the friend or family member of your choice.
Give the gift of JOT!
Surprise your friends and family this year with a gift subscription to the Journal of Ordinary Thought. Your $25 donation will buy four fantastic issues of JOT for people on your gift-giving list this year. There's still time to give the gift of art. For more information please call our office at (773) 684-2742 or visit our Subscribe page.
Shopping online?
Support us! Want a simple way to support NWA? Register at iGive.com and for every purchase from an iGive.com store, iGive will donate a certain percentage to NWA. There are dozens of stores to choose from. It's an easy way to support us. As a not-for-profit organization we rely on your support to continue our dynamic programming.
|
|