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| October 26, 2010 At the door: free copies of HONEYBEE by the esteemed Naomi Shihab Nye! One for everyone! ![]() ![]() Beautiful pre-show serenade by Erik Carlson (violin) and Richard Mannoia (clarinet). ![]() Appreciative crowd applauding Center for Reading and Writing Volunteer Tutors. ![]() Naomi Shihab Nye! Reading her work and speaking on literacy after receiving the Storylines Award for her visionary book HONEYBEE. ![]() ![]() Listening to Naomi’s powerful, moving words. ![]() Naomi’s selections for Honorable Mention from the Bronx: Hajara Muzau and Neela Arnold. ![]() Naomi awards Charlaynne Jarvis and Fatima Elmansouri of St. Agnes. ![]() Monica Smith of Wakefield. Honorable Mention selected by Naomi Shihab Nye. ![]() Naomi working her magic and reading her comments on each selection. ![]() From Seward Park. Honorable Mentions: Diaw Ndiaye and Frankie Mercado. ![]() Naomi and Neela Vaswani of the NCV Foundation congratulate Noelia Marcano of St. George. ![]() Honorable Mention Judy Joseph of St. George. ![]() From Harlem: Honorable Mention Djeneba Samake. ![]() Naomi praises Honorable Mention Aisha Jobe’s work. ![]() Congratulations to Gean Chambers and Lisa Ng of Tompkins Square. ![]() From Aguilar. Honorable Mentions: Elliot Adorno and the Kindness Group (Joe Roman, Juan Villarin, Lucienne Cyriaque, George Garrett, Nathan Goldring Lyndall Johnson, Mody Diop, and Nakisha Rodriguez). ![]() Naomi says to the audience: “You’re all so Honorable!” ![]() Storylines Prize Winner, Euphemia Perez. ![]() Storylines Prize Winner, Pedro Munoz. ![]() Storylines Prize Winner, Mr. Ji-Xing Liu, takes the stage! ![]() Dynamic performer, Sydia Cedeno, brings the Storylines Prize Winners’ pieces to life. ![]() Neela Vaswani, founder of the Storylines Project, and Naomi Shihab Nye enjoy the show. ![]() Storylines Prize winner Adjowa Maglo with Naomi. ![]() Storylines Prize Winner, Milagros Gonzalez with Naomi. ![]() Sydia Cedeno leans into her characters… ![]() …and the audience is rapt. ![]() After the show! CRW Family. ![]() Ken English, Director of NYPL Literacy, with the NCV Foundation lawyer, Ann Clary Gordon and president Ashok Vaswani. ![]() “Champions of Literacy Award” conferred upon Neela Vaswani and Holter Graham of the NCV Foundation by the Centers for Reading and Writing at the New York Public Library. ![]() Decklan, Literacy Education Specialist. ![]() Proud of Prize Winner Euphemia Perez. ![]() Ruth Meehan, Seward Park tutor. Happy for her student Mr. Liu! ![]() St. Agnes style. ![]() Hands of peace from Seward Park. ![]() Naomi at the signing table, spreading more joy! ![]() On the signing line. ![]() Artist Vasyl Barabash of Seward Park. ![]() Naomi signs HONEYBEE. ![]() Mr. and Mrs. Liu. ![]() Fierce and fabulous. Charlaynne Jarvis. ![]() Najah! ![]() Harlem CRW represents. ![]() Holter Graham, NCV Director of Communications and PR with NCV Lawyer and Business Management team, Ann and Jim Gordon. ![]() Superstars! Site advisors, literacy assistants, and tutors from the Bronx, Wakefield, St. Agnes, and Harlem UNITE! ![]() Dialogue at the beautiful Bronx Library Center. ![]() All smiles from Diaw Ndiaye. ![]() Neela Vaswani and Ashok Vaswani, Vice President and President of the NCV Foundation. ![]() Terry Sheehan, Site Advisor of Seward Park and Tompkins Square with Naomi. ![]() Thank you, Naomi! ![]() CLICK HERE FOR ARCHIVE: 2009 | ![]() |
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