{"id":450,"date":"2022-11-21T10:37:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T15:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writopialab.org\/writopiaspeaks\/?p=450"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:49:39","slug":"national-newsletter-2022-staff-and-organizational-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writopialab.org\/writopiaspeaks\/national-newsletter-2022-staff-and-organizational-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"National Newsletter 2022: Staff and Organizational Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uEZcUup9Ch0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Spotlight: Writopia Lab was profiled for CUNY TV! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n    <head>\n      \n\t\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"571\" style=\"width:571px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 class=\"null\" style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -1px;color: #202020 !important;\"><u><a id=\"congratulations\" name=\"congratulations\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>Congratulations!<\/u><\/h1>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Rebecca Wallace-Segall,&nbsp;Chief Executive Officer, published the Writopia founding and impact story in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagevoice.com\/2022\/06\/28\/writopia-gets-kids-to-tell-their-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Village Voice<\/em><\/a> in 2022 and co-authored an article on partnering for literacy impact in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niost.org\/Afterschool-Matters-Spring-2022\/partnering-for-literacy-impact\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Afterschool Matters Journal<\/em><\/a>. She is completing her&nbsp;Masters in Urban Education Policy at CUNY Graduate Center this winter.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Yael Schick, Co-Associate Executive Director, graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2022 with a Masters in Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship. At Harvard, she was a recipient of a <a href=\"https:\/\/zaentz.gse.harvard.edu\/fellows-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Saul Zaentz Fellowship<\/a>, awarded to emerging leaders in early childhood education.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Jeremy Wallace-Segall, Chief Operations Officer, completed a Certificate in Business Excellence at <a href=\"https:\/\/home.gsb.columbia.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia Business School<\/a>&#8216;s Social Leaders Program for Nonprofit Professionals.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Janelle Williams, Director of Programs and Outreach,&nbsp;had her novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.ca\/books\/709613\/gone-like-yesterday-by-janelle-m-williams\/9780593471630\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Gone Like Yesterday<\/em><\/a>, accepted for publication by&nbsp;Tiny Reparations Books, forthcoming in February 2023.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Rita Feinstein, D.C. Regional Manager, had her narrative poetry compilation,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainmillpress.com\/books\/everything-is-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Everything Is Real<\/a>,<\/em>&nbsp;published<em>&nbsp;<\/em>through<em>&nbsp;<\/em>Brain Mill Press.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">John Manuel Arias&#8217;&nbsp;debut novel, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9781250817389\/wheretherewasfire\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Where There Was Fire<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em>was accepted for publication<em> <\/em>by Flatiron Books.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">L\u00e9na Roy, Bianca Turetsky, Rebecca Wallace-Segall, and Janelle Williams, whose proposed panel was accepted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awpwriter.org\/awp_conference\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Association for Writing Programs<\/a> conference forthcoming in Seattle in 2023.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Rebecca Wallace-Segall&#8217;s&nbsp;session, co-proposed with Susan Matloff-Nieves, the Vice President of Innovation and Justice at Goddard Riverside, was accepted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/networkforyouthsuccess.org\/annual-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">New York State Network for Youth Success<\/a> conference.\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Special thank you to the Pinkerton Foundation for their ongoing commitment to extending Writopia&#8217;s literacy impact throughout the broader after-school educational landscape.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">L\u00e9na Roy, Director of Teen Programs, and Rob Roy, Director of Program Operations, launched Writopia&#8217;s first university-based residential program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writopialab.org\/programs\/overnight-programs\/aws-residential\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Advanced Writing Seminar,<\/a> at The New School in 2022.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Matthew Jellison, Senior Manager of Education, and Elsa Berm\u00fadez, Los Angeles Regional Manager and WriCampia Co-Director,&nbsp;ran a&nbsp;free summer program for Portland Public Schools students.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Bianca Turetsky became our Associate Director of Programs.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Tom Flynn became our Director of Business Operations and Development.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Will Bond became our Manager of Digital Media and Communications.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Jocelyn Gottschalk became our Senior HR Manager.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Malcolm Knowles became&nbsp;a Program Manager.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Tasnim Hussain&nbsp;became a Program Manager.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Shanille Martin became our Registration and Debate Program Lead.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Michaela Florio became a&nbsp;Project Manager.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">And a special congratulations to Danielle Sheeler, Co-Associate Executive Director, for the birth of her first baby, Maya Fae!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\">\n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 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1200px;padding-bottom: 0px;vertical-align: bottom;display: inline !important;border: 4px solid #FF009A;border-radius: 16%;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                            <\/td>\n                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/tbody><\/table>\n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"571\" style=\"width:571px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 class=\"null\" style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -1px;color: #202020 !important;\"><u><a id=\"instructors\" name=\"instructors\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>Instructors&#8217; 2022 Publications<\/u><\/h1>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Amy Dupcak\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Prose poem published in <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/collectivemedia\/docs\/bluemountainreviewseptember2021\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Blue Mountain Review&#8217;s <\/em>September print\/digital issue<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Poem forthcoming in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/195605300X\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>American Writers Review&#8217;s<\/em> &#8220;The End or the Beginning?&#8221;<\/a> themed print issue, published by San Fedele Press.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Published the&nbsp;personal essay &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/vol1brooklyn.com\/2022\/09\/14\/my-own-nirvana\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">My Own Nirvana<\/a>&#8221; in <em>Vol. 1 Brooklyn<\/em>.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Newly acting Editor-in-Chief for the literary journal <a href=\"https:\/\/cagibilit.com\/amy-dupcak-is-editor-in-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Cagibi<\/em><\/a>, and is currently reading, editing, and organizing for their&nbsp;winter issue, which will go live on January 17, 2023.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Andres Vaamonde\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bucknell.edu\/academics\/beyond-classroom\/academic-centers-institutes\/stadler-center-poetry-literary-arts\/programs-residencies\/philip-roth-residence-creative-writing\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Phillip Roth Resident<\/a> in Creative Writing at Bucknell University, January 2023.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Carly Sorenson\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Blog Writer for the volunteer- and queer-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovewinsnyc.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Love Wins Food Pantry<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Chava Pearl Lansky\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\tGraduated from the CUNY Graduate Center&#8217;s M.A. in Biography and Memoir.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Began writing a monthly cooking column in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemagazine.com\/author\/chavapearllansky\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dance Magazine<\/em><\/a>, where she features artists&#8217; favorite home recipes and approaches to cooking.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Christina Poulin\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Published four articles in Mochi Magazine:&nbsp;\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mochimag.com\/lifestyle\/clash-between-japanese-superstition-and-religion\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Obake Stories: The Clash Between Superstition and Religion.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mochimag.com\/lifestyle\/trendiness-of-asian-snacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Rolls off the Tongue: The Trendiness of Asian Snacks.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mochimag.com\/lifestyle\/5-tips-gap-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;5 Things You Should Consider Before Taking a Gap Year.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mochimag.com\/lifestyle\/sylvia-parker-magpie\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;All That Glitters: The Owner of Magpie Reveals Small Business Secrets.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Cloe Gentile Reyes\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Published poems and prose in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownsugarlit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Brown Sugar Lit<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Presented doctoral research &amp; writing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.oregonstate.edu\/IAWM2022\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">International Alliance for Women in Music<\/a> 2022 conference.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Awarded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.american-music.org\/page\/TickFWP\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Judith Tick Award for Women&#8217;s, Gender, &amp; Sexuality Studies<\/a> by the Society for American Music for her research on reggaeton, Puerto Rican culture, rap, fashion, and racialized femininity.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Di Jayawickrema&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinchjournal.com\/print\/2021\/10\/22\/fall-2021-412\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Pinch<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ndrmag.org\/fiction\/2021\/12\/road-trip-how-to-make-a-perfect-apple-pie-crust\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New Delta Review<\/em><\/a> and had a zine out with <a href=\"https:\/\/oneminutepress.com\/shop-1\/p\/journeytothewest-txwhm-j7t89-lbck3-f8ldd\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">One Minute Press<\/a>, which is a new flash zine for Asian diaspora writers.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kundiman.org\/fellows\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Fiction Fellow at Kundiman<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dijayawickrema.com\/writing\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/dijayawickrema.com\/writing\/<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Liqing Xu\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Partook in<a href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/l-morgan-lee-to-direct-breaking-the-binary-final-presentation\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8220;An Evening of Commissioned Monologues&#8221;<\/a> at the Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Selected to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/pwcenter.org\/news\/playwrights%E2%80%99-center-champions-courageous-new-cohort-fellows\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Many Voices Fellow<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Selected to partake in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/central-new-york\/article\/The-Orchard-Project-Announces-2022-Labs-Projects-and-Participants-20220520\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">The Orchard Project<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Had a workshop production through <a href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/second-stage-names-2022-judith-champion-new-voices-series-lineup\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Stage<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Lizz Mangan\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Their show&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hartfordfringefestival.org\/2022-hff-shows.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Morning! A Preschool Play<\/a>&#8221; was featured in the 3rd Annual Hartford Fringe Festival in October 2022.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Michaela Florio\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Pushcart Nominee for nonfiction piece &#8220;The Sanctuary.&#8221;<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohio.edu\/cas\/quarter-after-eight\/table-contents#sanctuary\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Sanctuary&#8221; in <em>Quarter After Eight Volume 27<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Rita Feinstein\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Published poems in&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/salamandermag.org\/subscribe\/?_s2member_vars=post..level..1..post..12342..L2xpdGFueS1hdC05Mi1wb3VuZHMv&#038;_s2member_sig=1668714897-47db2c4f74c3c9d0a188ae002da737fa\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Salamander Magazine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alienliterarymagazine.com\/rita-feinstein\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Alien Magazine<\/a>, and<\/em>&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpj.org\/works\/v72n1p076-self-portrait-as-upstate-new-york-feinstein\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Beloit Poetry Journal<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Flash fiction published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenormalschool.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/10\/rita-feinstein\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Normal School<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Sanina Clark\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Published a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/childrens\/childrens-authors\/article\/87927-q-a-with-kekla-magoon.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Q &amp; A with Kekla Magoon<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/childrens\/childrens-authors\/article\/87927-q-a-with-kekla-magoon.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;in&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/childrens\/childrens-authors\/article\/87927-q-a-with-kekla-magoon.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Publishers Weekly<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Published a <a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/www.tribes.org\/features-1\/things-to-pack-on-the-way-to-everywhere-review\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">review of&nbsp;&#8220;Things to Pack on the Way to Everywhere&#8221; in <em>A Gathering of the Tribes Online Magazine<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/www.tribes.org\/features-1\/things-to-pack-on-the-way-to-everywhere-review\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">A Gathering of <\/a>Tribes<a href=\"http:\/\/ https:\/\/www.tribes.org\/features-1\/things-to-pack-on-the-way-to-everywhere-review\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"> Online Magazine Review for &#8220;Things to Pack on the Way to Everywhere&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Hosted the<a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionbythebook.akpress.org\/event\/black-dawn-series-launch-with-firestorm-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\"> Black Dawn Series Launch w. Firestorm Books<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Series Editor for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akpress.org\/black-dawn.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">AK Press<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.akpress.org\/black-dawn.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">; accepting speculative fiction submissions for the <em>Black Dawn <\/em>series<\/a>.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Sophia N. Lee\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Debuted her&nbsp;first picture book titled <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Holding-On\/Sophia-N-Lee\/9781534494459\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Holding On<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;with Atheneum&nbsp;in August 2022. It is the first Filipino picture book to be published by Simon &amp; Schuster.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Her second book&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Lolos-Sari-sari-Store\/Sophia-N-Lee\/9781534494473\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Lolo\u2019s Sari-sari Store<\/a><\/em>, also with Atheneum, has been announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/childrens\/childrens-book-news\/article\/88615-rights-report-week-of-february-21-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Publishers Weekly<\/a>.&nbsp;It\u2019s slated for release in the summer of 2023.<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/sophianleewrites\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/sophianleewrites<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"571\" style=\"width:571px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 class=\"null\" style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -1px;color: #202020 !important;\"><u><strong><a id=\"staff\" name=\"staff\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>Welcome our 2022 New Full-Time Staff<\/strong><\/u><\/h1>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Carly Sorenson, Instructor and Registration Associate<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Christina McDowell, Registration and Outreach Coordinator; Instructor<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Lizz Mangan, Private Sessions Coordinator<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Jem Werner, Registration Associate<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">John Manuel Arias, Registration Coordinator<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Matthew Wong, IT Specialist<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Peter Quinn-Jacobs, Operations, Registration, and RPG Coordinator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"571\" style=\"width:571px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 class=\"null\" style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -1px;color: #202020 !important;\"><u><a id=\"partnership\" name=\"partnership\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>Partnership Highlight<\/u><\/h1>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">We have been serving juniors and seniors at WHEELS, Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School. This year their team has been internally measuring our impact on 80 of&nbsp;their writers. We are thrilled to start sharing their early findings with you!&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageGroupBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageGroupBlockOuter\">\n        \n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageGroupBlockInner\">\n                    \n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"535.0084838867188\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageGroupContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <tbody><tr>\n                                <td class=\"mcnImageGroupContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writopialab.org\/for-donors\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                        <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcusercontent.com\/4bbae34d2f35a71d5195e09a7\/images\/f3ebb755-3849-b7c3-19ee-3c58be604e1a.jpg?w=535&#038;ssl=1\"  style=\"max-width: 1200px;padding-bottom: 0px;border: 1px solid;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                <\/td>\n                            <\/tr>\n                        <\/tbody><\/table>\n                    \n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n        \n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageGroupBlockInner\">\n                    \n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"535.0084838867188\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageGroupContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <tbody><tr>\n                                <td class=\"mcnImageGroupContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writopialab.org\/for-donors\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                        <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcusercontent.com\/4bbae34d2f35a71d5195e09a7\/images\/eb8f4d78-0356-b15d-0839-df7277b545f0.jpg?w=535&#038;ssl=1\"  style=\"max-width: 1200px;padding-bottom: 0px;border: 1px solid;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                <\/td>\n                            <\/tr>\n                        <\/tbody><\/table>\n                    \n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n        \n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"571\" style=\"width:571px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 class=\"null\" style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -1px;color: #202020 !important;\"><u><a id=\"publications\" name=\"publications\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>Writopia Publishing Lab&nbsp;Highlights<\/u><\/h1>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rueda-2022-HFH-Anthology\/dp\/B0BLFYMH6Z\/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=writopia+lab&#038;qid=1668190258&#038;sprefix=writop%2Caps%2C80&#038;sr=8-3\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Rueda y Rueda: the 2022 Homes for the Homeless Anthology<\/a><\/em>.&nbsp;Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hfhnyc.org\/2022\/06\/writopia-festival-showcases-scripts-by-saratoga-afterschool-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">our decade-long relationship with HFH<\/a>!<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0B4QNL2FN\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i4\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Hello From Here: A Celebration of Asian American Identity<\/a><\/em>, a book filled with postcard letters and illustrations created by Asian American kids from all around the country. Produced by a group of Writopia teens funded by Riley&#8217;s Way.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Memories-Recipes-International-Community-School\/dp\/B0B3B5F7X5\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=238SP8TKGI3G6&#038;keywords=Food%2C+Memories%2C+and+Recipes+from+the+heart+By+International+Community+High+School&#038;qid=1668193013&#038;sprefix=food%2C+memories%2C+and+recipes+from+the+heart+by+international+community+high+school%2Caps%2C114&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Food, Memories, and Recipes from the Heart: An ICHS Cookbook<\/a><\/em>, a collaboration with International Community High School celebrating the cuisine and voices of young writers in the Bronx.<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B09XZ86419\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Twilight Time: Poems About Dreams and Fantasies<\/a><\/em>, a collection of Writopia&#8217;s&nbsp;youngest writers&#8217; poetry.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rituals-Traditions-WriCampia-Writopia-Lab\/dp\/B0BKCWP3PR\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=writopia+lab&#038;qid=1668190258&#038;sprefix=writop%2Caps%2C80&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Rituals and Traditions: A WriCampia Anthology<\/a><\/em>, produced by&nbsp;our WriCampia CITs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageGroupBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageGroupBlockOuter\">\n        \n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageGroupBlockInner\">\n                    \n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"258.50347900390625\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageGroupContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <tbody><tr>\n                                <td class=\"mcnImageGroupContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rueda-2022-HFH-Anthology\/dp\/B0BLFYMH6Z\/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=writopia+lab&#038;qid=1668190258&#038;sprefix=writop%2Caps%2C80&#038;sr=8-3\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                        <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcusercontent.com\/4bbae34d2f35a71d5195e09a7\/images\/52a37257-1ef1-204d-9c99-3a4f3301942c.png?w=249&#038;ssl=1\"  style=\"max-width: 943px;padding-bottom: 0;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                <\/td>\n                            <\/tr>\n                        <\/tbody><\/table>\n                    \n                    <table align=\"right\" width=\"258.50347900390625\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageGroupContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <tbody><tr>\n                                <td 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9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Memories-Recipes-International-Community-School\/dp\/B0B3B5F7X5\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=238SP8TKGI3G6&#038;keywords=Food%2C+Memories%2C+and+Recipes+from+the+heart+By+International+Community+High+School&#038;qid=1668193013&#038;sprefix=food%2C+memories%2C+and+recipes+from+the+heart+by+international+community+high+school%2Caps%2C114&#038;sr=8-1\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                        <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcusercontent.com\/4bbae34d2f35a71d5195e09a7\/images\/5fb23e29-0c94-14e7-2d07-6c9e219fc7f5.jpg?w=249&#038;ssl=1\"  style=\"max-width: 554px;padding-bottom: 0;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                <\/td>\n                            <\/tr>\n                        <\/tbody><\/table>\n                    \n                    <table align=\"right\" width=\"258.50347900390625\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageGroupContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <tbody><tr>\n                                <td class=\"mcnImageGroupContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B09XZ86419\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i3\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                        <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcusercontent.com\/4bbae34d2f35a71d5195e09a7\/images\/3bb3b95b-7579-5873-a85f-3381059c95d3.png?w=249&#038;ssl=1\"  style=\"max-width: 750px;padding-bottom: 0;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                <\/td>\n                            <\/tr>\n                        <\/tbody><\/table>\n                    \n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n        \n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageGroupBlockInner\">\n                    \n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"535.0069580078125\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageGroupContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <tbody><tr>\n                                <td class=\"mcnImageGroupContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0B4QNL2FN\/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i4\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" 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0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"571\" style=\"width:571px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 class=\"null\" style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 24px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 125%;letter-spacing: -1px;color: #202020 !important;\"><u><a id=\"specialty\" name=\"specialty\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\"><\/a>Specialty Program Highlights<\/u><\/h1>\n\n<ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">WriCampia\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Served 200 kids at our 11-day sleepaway camp in the Poconos.&nbsp;Enrollment is opening soon for our August 14th-August 25 2023 session!<\/li>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Two films made in the Filmmaking Track at WriCampia were selected for&nbsp;the New York Short Film Festival.&nbsp;Congratulations to Sam Stearns for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PC-RVhSmt9Y\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">INERTIA<\/a> and Castle Bloodgood and Moon Emigli for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Omj0uMwkAIo\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">Worm <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Omj0uMwkAIo\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #ff009a;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;\" rel=\"noopener\">On A Genius String<\/a>!\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageGroupBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageGroupBlockOuter\">\n        \n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageGroupBlockInner\">\n                    \n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"535.0084838867188\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageGroupContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <tbody><tr>\n                                <td class=\"mcnImageGroupContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writopialab.org\/for-donors\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                        <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcusercontent.com\/4bbae34d2f35a71d5195e09a7\/images\/16db9514-1c0b-3e3f-d491-1ca123c62f7e.jpeg?w=535&#038;ssl=1\"  style=\"max-width: 1200px;padding-bottom: 0;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                <\/td>\n                            <\/tr>\n                        <\/tbody><\/table>\n                    \n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n        \n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageGroupBlockInner\">\n                    \n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"535.0084838867188\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageGroupContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                            <tbody><tr>\n                                <td class=\"mcnImageGroupContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writopialab.org\/for-donors\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                        <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcusercontent.com\/4bbae34d2f35a71d5195e09a7\/images\/f4297dac-d59f-c53e-f255-d29156368945.jpeg?w=535&#038;ssl=1\"  style=\"max-width: 1200px;padding-bottom: 0;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;vertical-align: bottom;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                                <\/td>\n                            <\/tr>\n                        <\/tbody><\/table>\n                    \n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n        \n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"571\" style=\"width:571px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Special thank you to Alex Tlatelpa, our Accounting and Operations Specialist, for bringing Mabel to WriCampia this year!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\">\n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        <tbody><tr>\n                            <td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writopialab.org\/for-donors\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                        <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcusercontent.com\/4bbae34d2f35a71d5195e09a7\/images\/a2e3d2e3-f798-3ab7-845d-b568c0e22c11.jpg?w=1080&#038;ssl=1\"  style=\"max-width: 1200px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" class=\"mcnImage\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                            <\/td>\n                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/tbody><\/table>\n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"565\" style=\"width:565px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #606060;font-family: Helvetica;font-size: 15px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <ul>\n\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Worldwide Plays Festival\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">Produced 32 short plays live in Bryant Park.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                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