This residency uses improvisation to create a space where students can create poetry by conjuring concrete images to make their poems pop with detail.

A collection of biographic vignettes highlighting outspoken African American women of the 19th Century.

Bomani’s program is a solo interactive performance, featuring music videos, multi-media presentations, call and response, as well as rhythmic movement with the audience.

Zakland promotes learning through music by integrating science and reading for Pre K-2nd & 3rd-5th.

Students write and perform in the voice of a key historical or literary figure. Grades 4-12.

Students will learn to write and edit poems with strong imagery and creative techniques.

Integrate natural science lessons with poetry.

Students hear the stories behind the books, explore writing process and enjoy a reading.

Students learn about young people and civil rights, explore the writing process and hear stories.

National Storytelling Networking 'Circle of Excellence' Author/Storyteller duo