BLTN Global
May 21st, 2020 |
By Tom McKenna
“…The virus came from nowhere, but it also brought opportunities from nowhere. TSW was fortunate to be associated with Andover Bread Loaf and the wider Bread Loaf Teacher Network. Although these are trying times that are constantly evolving, one lesson learned is that collaboratives, collectives, and networks are the way to go…”
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Feb 11th, 2019 |
By Tom McKenna
BLTN Leader and Andover Bread Loaf Associate Director, Rich Gorham (BLSE ’01) kept the Bread Loaf community informed as he worked with Mohsin Tejani (BLSE ’01), founder of the School of Writing in Karachi, Pakistan, and Lee Krishnan (BLSE ’07), teacher at Diamond Jubilee High School in Mumbai, India, to plan the 2018 Peace Literacy
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Jan 16th, 2018 |
By Tom McKenna
The Andover Bread Loaf Peace Literacy Network’s tradition of going global with writing workshops landed with full creative force in El Salvador this summer. The Peace Literacy Network is inspired by the Andover Bread Loaf model of democratic, participatory expression as personal and professional development. Here are excerpts, taken from the project blog at http://ablelsalvador.blogspot.com, from
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Oct 24th, 2017 |
By Tom McKenna
The October issue of BreadCast features Jennifer Coreas’ reflections on her childhood in war-torn El Salvador, and the role of writing in her intellectual growth and professional work.
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Nov 24th, 2016 |
By Tom McKenna
Stories Walking – Costa Rica and the Beginning of an International Relationship Ceci Lewis English Department Chair, Cochise College Sierra Vista, AZ BLSE 1996 This August, Bread Loaf Teacher Network members Rex Lee Jim and I began a journey to make a shared dream a reality. Traveling with two Navajo Youth Leaders from the Navajo Community
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Nov 24th, 2016 |
By Tom McKenna
Andover Bread Loaf: Advocacy and Action by Chantal Kenol-Desmornes Bridge Academy and College Classique Feminin Port au Prince, Haiti BLSE 2015 Editor’s note: This talk was presented to the Bread Loaf Vermont community on July 14, 2016. Good evening everyone. It’s good to be back on this beautiful mountain. And it feels especially good to be
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Dec 16th, 2014 |
By Dixie Goswami
by Dixie Goswami, BLTN Director, and Lou Bernieri, ABL Director Since 1990, when Andover Bread Loaf (ABL) invited South African teachers to attend our summer workshop, ABL has had a vibrant international presence in its program. Although ABL has meager funding to support its work, ABL international alumni continue to work with each other and U.S. alumni
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Dec 16th, 2014 |
By Tom McKenna
by Rich Gorham (MA 01) Assistant Director, Andover Bread Loaf Editor’s note: During late summer, 2014, a team of Andover Bread Loaf youth and educators traveled to Port au Prince, Haiti, to collaborate with Haitian educators for ABL’s fourth international conference. Below are excerpts from Rich Gorham’s detailed account of the experience. Read more about the
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Dec 16th, 2014 |
By Tom McKenna
by Jennifer Coreas ConTextos, EscriVamos San Salvador, El Salvador Andover Bread Loaf, 2014 Why not us? Why couldn’t we work together to extend our writing overseas as much as we had extended our minds? Those were the questions that Moshin Tejani and I asked ourselves as we worked together to develop our first student work
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Dec 15th, 2014 |
By Tom McKenna
Laura Benton English Teacher Woodford County High School, Versailles, KY BLSE 2013, 2014, funded by the C. E. and S. Foundation The Bread Loaf Youth Journal: The Many Faces of Home will be a literary magazine designed, written, and edited by Woodford and Jessamine County High School students. Together they will design the website, write submissions
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