Dear Readers, During my childhood summers, my family and I would go to Jones Beach on the southern coast of Long Island, New York and enjoy all the sun, water, and breezes the Atlantic Ocean had to offer. A favorite pastime of mine, my siblings, and cousins was to dig...
“Hidden away from public scrutiny is where a Black woman who cherished respectability joyfully reminisces about her indulgence of feelings that she wishes not to forget.”1 So begins Tara T. Green’s exploration of Black women’s challenges and achievements in seeking...
Curiosity, yes, curious I was. That was me. I knew early on that my voice was dormant (having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period; in or as if in a deep sleep,) yet I was around situations that caused my laughter to celebrate like joy and...
In April 2024, my wife and I traveled to Houston, Texas for the first time. While at the airport rental car check-out counter I advised the rental cart agent that I wanted my name documented on the rental car paperwork, despite...
As a social worker in a public elementary school, I see how deeply hip-hop is embedded in my students’ interactions and culture. I see it when they’re dancing or reciting lyrics to a hip-hop song, when they give each other a fist bump, when they use slang, and when...
The Community Literacies Collaboratory, a center and signature program of the Brown Chair in English Literacy, recently held its first book-club-style edition of its Possibilities Hub program, titled "Possibilities Hub Reads: Holler, Child by...
The Community Literacies Collaboratory, the flagship program of the Brown Chair in English Literacy, recently sponsored the highly successful 2024 Six Bridges Book Festival, which ran from Sept. 22-29. Named for the six bridges that connect the downtowns of Little...
This article original appeared Dr Kynard's blog, Education, Liberation & Black Radical Traditions for the 21st Century. To read the original article, click here. Odd as it sounds, I like to occasionally troll though websites and public documents that writing...
Influential figure in adult education Paulo Freire’s educational philosophies treat adults as complex human beings and critique educational standardization in favor of helping adult learners acquire the literacies most appropriate for their needs and goals.1 Freire...
On a late Summer evening in 2022, I finalized the syllabus for my first year writing class: roiling with both blind terror as a new graduate instructor of record, and inquisitive enthusiasm as a budding scholar so passionate about this work. I didn’t know what the...