Event Title
Faculty Mentor
Glynis Pereyra
Major/Area of Research
English Education, Early Childhood Education, Healthcare Administration
Description
Herstory Writer’s Workshop, founded in 1996 by Erika Duncan, was involved
on the LIU Post campus this semester providing internships that enhanced
student’s writing skills while serving as an opportunity for civic engagement.
Herstory runs these workshops at many Long Island campuses such
as Hofstra, Adelphi, and St. Joseph’s. During the workshops, high school
students and college students write and share their personal memoirs
involving social issues such as immigration, substance abuse, gender
identity, gang involvement, poverty, and health care. During the Spring 2017
semester, about ten Westbury High School students were brought by school
bus to attend weekly workshops with LIU Post students, faculty, and two
trained Herstory Facilitators. Desks in the classroom in Kahn Hall were set
in a circle to facilitate the seminar style of pedagogy. Students worked on
their writing throughout the week and read their work to each other in the
Kahn Hall classroom each week. Feedback from peers and the facilitators
was shared. This poster highlights Herstory’s role in addressing the issue
of social amelioration among the American youth. We also present quotations
from our fellow peers on how the internship has had a positive impact
on their lives. Herstory’s purpose is “Bringing unheard voices into the public
arena…to change hearts, minds, and policy.” Ultimately, this poster will shed
light on Herstory’s goals, purpose, and overall concern with social justice.
Herstory Writers Workshop
Herstory Writer’s Workshop, founded in 1996 by Erika Duncan, was involved
on the LIU Post campus this semester providing internships that enhanced
student’s writing skills while serving as an opportunity for civic engagement.
Herstory runs these workshops at many Long Island campuses such
as Hofstra, Adelphi, and St. Joseph’s. During the workshops, high school
students and college students write and share their personal memoirs
involving social issues such as immigration, substance abuse, gender
identity, gang involvement, poverty, and health care. During the Spring 2017
semester, about ten Westbury High School students were brought by school
bus to attend weekly workshops with LIU Post students, faculty, and two
trained Herstory Facilitators. Desks in the classroom in Kahn Hall were set
in a circle to facilitate the seminar style of pedagogy. Students worked on
their writing throughout the week and read their work to each other in the
Kahn Hall classroom each week. Feedback from peers and the facilitators
was shared. This poster highlights Herstory’s role in addressing the issue
of social amelioration among the American youth. We also present quotations
from our fellow peers on how the internship has had a positive impact
on their lives. Herstory’s purpose is “Bringing unheard voices into the public
arena…to change hearts, minds, and policy.” Ultimately, this poster will shed
light on Herstory’s goals, purpose, and overall concern with social justice.