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TONIGHT: Bilingual Welcoming Circle and Book Club in Brentwood
Posted May 23, 2012 by Niesha Jett   Permalink   Comments
Hear stories in Spanish and English.
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Tags : bilingual, brentwood, brentwood public library, herstory, reading circles, welcoming long island

Bilingual Book Clubs and Welcoming Circles
Posted March 22, 2012 by Erika Duncan   Permalink   Comments
Reading together to sow understanding.
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Tags : bilingual, brentwood public library, herstory, latinas escriben, latinas write, port jefferson village center, welcoming long island

Building Community and Fostering Understanding Through Reading Circles
Posted March 13, 2012 by Maryann Sinclair Slutsky   Permalink   Comments
Welcoming Long Island and the Herstory Writers Workshop in partnership.
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Tags : herstory, islip arts council, latinas escriben, reading circles, welcoming america

From Lima to Paterson
Posted March 1, 2012 by Karla Faloon   Permalink   Comments
Produced in the Herstory Writers Workshop.
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Tags : herstory, herstory writers workshop, la voz, lima, new jersey, paterson, peru, peruvian, riverhead

Caring for Rose
Posted February 6, 2012 by Elsa Sánchez   Permalink   Comments
From the Herstory Writers Workshop.
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Tags : aging, corazón de maría center, domestic workers, east quogue, hampton bays, herstory, mexico

The Racetrack
Posted January 10, 2012 by Adiela López   Permalink   Comments
A Colombian immigrant confronts the gritty realities of life working at a racetrack.
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Tags : belmont, colombian, herstory, horses, latinas write, non-fiction, racetrack, stables

Women, Let Us Raise Our Voices
Posted December 28, 2011 by Lilliam Juarez   Permalink   Comments
A worker rights organizer remembers one of her worst cases.
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Tags : domestic workers, el salvador, herstory, labor rights, rape, sexual assault, unity housecleaners cooperative, workplace project

I Spoke the Truth
Posted December 21, 2011 by Elba Ordoñez   Permalink   Comments
A powerful account of workplace injustice from a Honduran immigrant on Long Island.
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Tags : herstory, honduras, latinas escriben, literature, worker rights, workplace project

Mi Dianita, Mi Mamá
Posted December 13, 2011 by Jazmin Criollo   Permalink   Comments
A personal account of family separation by SUNY Old Westbury student Jazmin Criollo.
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Tags : ecuador, family separation, first person, herstory, memoir, new york city, suny old westbury

First Person: To Hold You in My Arms
Posted September 23, 2011 by Stephany Ramírez   Permalink   Comments
By Stephany Ramírez.
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Tags : dominican republic, dr, first person, herstory, herstory writers workshop, sonia nazario, suny old westbury

Herstory: Building Bridges Through Our Stories
Posted May 10, 2010 by Ted Hesson   Permalink   Comments
A Patchogue writers' workshop recruits English- and Spanish-speaking women.
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Tags : bilingual, herstory, writers' workshop

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