bilingual books
Freedom Reads, a nonprofit founded by formerly incarcerated poet and lawyer Reginald Dwayne Betts, is transforming prisons through literature. The organization has installed nearly 500 handcrafted mini-libraries in 50 correctional facilities, offering 280,000 books to inmates. The libraries, built by former inmates and designed to contrast prison architecture, foster introspection and community. Inmate Maria Montalvo […]
St. John Fisher University juniors Marissa Terech and Emma Muchow have turned a class project into an inspiring bilingual children’s book, Mia La Cerdita. Written in English and Spanish, the book aims to promote literacy and cultural connection in Rochester City School District (RCSD) classrooms. Starting with bilingual poems for a class assignment, Terech partnered […]
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