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Highlights from our 7th Annual Lightbearer Gala, May 1, 2008 |
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Award-Winning Author Jacqueline Woodson Meets with 150 Open Book Students |
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Young Writers Donated Over 200 New Books During Christmas |
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Highlights of Good Food + Good Reading + Good Health = A BetterYou 2007 |
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Lightbearer Gala May 3, 2007 |
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Sharon Draper Author Events |
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Open Book Students Performed Skits Based on How They Got Over during Open Book Author Event |
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More than 200 African American inner city students, aged 9 - 14, performed skits based on How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the Sea authored by Eloise Greenfield and illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist as part of Chicago’s unique Open Book Program Student/Author Event on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at Henderson Elementary School, 5650South Wolcott, in Chicago. In addition, each student received a copy of Dear HIV/AIDS: Youth Speak Out About HIV/AIDS and the Pain it Brings, the newest release in the Institute for Positive Living/Open Book Literary Series.
Other event highlights included a reading by young poet, Lizzie Jefferson from Williams Multiples, of her poem “Positivity?” from Dear HIV/AIDS the introduction of Juhdi Miller from McCorkle School who created the winning design of the Open Book HIV/AIDS Bumper Sticker Contest. Both HIV/AIDS projects were funded by the Illinois Department of Health and State Senator Mattie Hunter. Another highlight was a group recitation of “Open Book,” a rap poem about the benefits of the Open Book Program, written by Shanika Washington from Beethoven Elementary School. In addition, Open Book participant and Williams Multiplex student Laquisha Jarrett was honored for writing an award-winning essay for the Chicago Public School System’s TEACH Essay Contest. Her assignment was to write about someone who motivated her. She wrote about Ms. Nayram Adadevoh, a teacher at Williams and with the Open Book Program. |
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Join Us at the the IPL & Lawless Gardens' Open House, July 11, 2008 |
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Join the Institute for Positive Living and Lawless Gardens for our Open House, Friday, July 11, 2008, 3 - 6 p.m. at the IPL offices, 3620 S. Rhodes. Meet the young writer's who authored Dear HIV/AIDS: Youth Speak Out About HIV/AIDS and the Pain it Brings. Be with us at 5 p.m. during a balloon launch honoring the memory of those who have passed from HIV/AIDS and the struggle of those who are infected with the disease. This will be an afternoon that combines education, health screenings, and fun. Click on the image or here to find out |
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How to Make the League Without Picking Up |
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Participants in Institute for Positive Living’s Book Club Mentoring Project are reading How to Make the League Without Picking Up the Rock by Stephen Bardo.
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