Word Wide: Writers of the Americas

Residency Project with Luis Rodriguez

PITT and DUPLIN Counties
March 19 - March 25, 2000

Sunday March 19
5-7 PM
Grimesland Church
Main Street, Grimesland, NC
Community Meeting & dinner with members of the Grimesland Hispanic Church
open to the public
Anita Smith
756-7182
Spanish and English

Monday March 20
11-1 PM
Greenville Museum of Art
802 S. Evans St., Greenville
"Common Ground: How Can we Better Serve the Hispanic Community?"
With People Act, Catholic Social Ministries, Hispanic Coalition
open to the public
Judy Lucas
Executive Director,
People Act
758-6411 (English)
Anita Smith
756-7182 (Spanish)
English and Spanish

1 PM
"It Doesnít Have to Be This Way: What Students Can Do to Keep Violence at Bay"
members of Students Against Violence (open to member students from all Pitt County high schools)
Arlene Ferren
Director, Health and Student Services, Pitt County Schools
830-4237 (English)
Ana Coro
329-8428 (Spanish)
English

6-8 PM
Pitt Community College, Leslie Building, Room 202
Memorial Drive, Greenville, NC
Teaching English as a Second Language: Issues of Concern
ESL teachers from Pitt County Schools, East Carolina University and Pitt Community College
Ann Borsoff Rogers
830-4283 (English)

Tuesday,March 21
9:30AM-10:30
6 -12 graders Middle Schools and High Schools migrant students from Pitt county schools
Cintia Aguilar-Mills
752-2730 (English and Spanish)
Spanish

11:00-12
"We're All in This Together: Issues of Difference"
5,6,7,8, graders from Pitt County Schools
Cintia Aguilar-Mills
752-2730 (English and Spanish)
English

6:00-7:30 PM
Pitt Community College
"Writing from Your Life: Creative Writing Workshop
open to the public
Anita Smith
756-7182 (English and Spanish)

Wednesday, March 22
8-9:30 AM
East Carolina University, Speight Building, Room 211
"Culturally Responsive Teaching for Hispanic and Latino/a Students" Class Meeting for ECU Student teachers
open to the public but registration required
Vivian Covington
328-6176 (English)
Ana Coro
329-8428 (Spanish)
English

11:00-12:15
East Carolina University, Speight Building, Room 306
"Culturally Responsive Teaching for Hispanic and Latino/a Students"
Class Meeting for ECU Student teachers,
open to the public but registration required
contact Vivian Covington
328-6176 (English)
Ana Coro
329-8428 (Spanish)
English

7-9PM
Carolina Turkeys, Duplin County
"It Can Happen Here: Young People and Gangs"
Duplin County Concerned Parents
open to the public
Juvencio Peralta Community Advocate
(English and Spanish)
1-800-523-4559 ext. 304
Spanish

Thursday, March 23
12:30-1:45pm
East Carolina University, Speight Building, Room 308
"Culturally Responsive Teaching for Hispanic and Latino/a Students"
Class Meeting for ECU Student teachers,
open to the public but registration required call
contact Vivian Covington
328-6176 (English)
Ana Coro
329-8428 (Spanish)
English

4-5pm
East Carolina University, Speight Building, Room 129
"Culturally Responsive Teaching for Hispanic and Latino/a Students"
ECU School of Education Clubs
open to the public
Vivian Covington
328-6176 (English)
Ana Coro
329-8428 (Spanish)
English

7:00-8:30 pm
Literacy Volunteers of Pitt County
Sharon Schlichting,
353-6578 (English)
Ana Coro
329-8428 (Spanish)
English

Friday, March 24
AM
Pitt Community College
"Writing from Your Life: Creative Writing Workshop
English

3:00 pm
Greenville Museum of Art,
802 S. Evans,. Greenville
"Meet the Writer" Come Hear Mr. Rodriguez read from his work and talk to him
Writers Reading Series of Eastern North Carolina
open to the public
Julie Fay, Director, Writers Reading Series
328-6578 (English)
Ana Coro
329-8428 (Spanish)
English and Spanish

7:00pm
Greenville Museum of Art Local writers join Luis Rodriguez in readings from their work
Writers Reading Series of Eastern North Carolina
open to the public
Julie Fay, Director, Writers Reading Series
328-6578 (English)
Ana Coro
329-8428 (Spanish)
English and Spanish

8:15
El Ranchito Restaurant
°Fiesta! Come celebrate Latino/a life and literature one and all
open to the public
Antonio Ponce Manager, El Ranchito
561-7336 (English and Spanish)
Spanish and English

Saturday, March 25
10-11:00
People Act Office, Greenville Museum of Art
tutorial individual session with playwright Victoria Soto
Judy Lucas,
People Act
Spanish


1-3 PM
location TBA
"How to Start a Spanish Newspaper in Pitt County" grant writing, article writing, distribution
(guests: administrators from NC Arts Council and NC Humanities Council????}
open to public,
Hispanic Coalition
Antonio Ponce
area writers and media members
Julie Fay
328-6578 (English)
Ana Coro
329-8428 (Spanish)
Spanish and English