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…