Board Option Award-Pamela Laskin – 2023 Freedom Through Literacy

Board Option Award-Pamela Laskin – 2023 Freedom Through Literacy

Pamela Laskin, author, New York City for her project, “Diversity and Differently-Abled.”  Two-time Freedom Through Literacy Award winner, Laskin has completed a series of picture books that capture the world of those who are differently-abled; in particular, those without speech, and what it means in a family.   She reads these books aloud in public school classrooms with the goal to educate a mainstream audience. 

Board Option Award-Pamela Laskin-2022 Freedom Through Literacy

Board Option Award-Pamela Laskin-2022 Freedom Through Literacy

Board Option Award – $200 Pamela Laskin – “Poetry at the Border” NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK Pamela Laskin, a lecturer at City College, established “Poetry at the Border” to encourage children whose families are seeking asylum to write poetry about their experiences. Poetry enables children to understand trauma following horrible events like hurricanes (Puerto…