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All Write!

ALL WRITE!

THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2023 | 11AM


Brooklyn Public Library

Flatbush Learning Center

City University of New York

Borough of Manhattan Community College

Brooklyn College Adult Literacy Program

Lehman Adult Learning Center

York College Learning Center

Commonpoint Queens—The HUB

The Family Health Centers at NYU Langone

Family Support Center

Project Reach Youth

Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement

New York City Department Of Education

OACE Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center

Queens Adult Learning Center

Queens Public Library

Elmhurst Adult Learning Center

Flushing Adult Learning Center

Peninsula Adult Learning Center

Shorefront YM-YWHA

SUNY Syracuse Educational Opportunity Center



THE READINGS

Donut Lover by Vladimir Berger
NYC DOE OACE Queens Adult Learning Center
Performed by Philip Estrera


Hope
by Seta Sylla
NYC DOE OACE Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


A Window of Opportunity
by Vyacheslav Latyshev
Shorefront YM-YWHA
Performed by Madeline Cohen, Philip Estrera, Najah Imani Muhammad, and Dawn Akemi Saito

Specialties by Akoua Atchrimi
Commonpoint Queens—The HUB
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad

Where I’m From by Eugenia Joaquim
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


Sri Lanka
by Shyama Disilva
Commonpoint Queens—The HUB
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad


What the Word "Home" Means to Me by Lesya Bandrivska
Shorefront YM-YWHA
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


I Wish I’d Never Had Those Calls by Anastasia Proskurina
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad


A Letter from the Future by Maksim Nikolaev
Shorefront YM-YWHA
Performed by Philip Estrera


Nephew's Birthday Wishes
by Gleb Mikhin
Queens Public Library Peninsula Adult Learning Center
Performed by Philip Estrera


You and Me by Tamara Sakamoto
NYC DOE OACE Queens Adult Learning Center
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


My Scar
by Micaiah King
Family Health Centers at NYU Langone—Project Reach Youth
Performed by Philip Estrera


My Own Story by Ru Yin Dai and Colin Dai
Queens Public Library Flushing Adult Learning Center
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


A Girl Named Lakisha by Lakisha Bowens
CUNY Lehman College Adult Learning Center
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad


White Shoes
by Utkarsha Pagar
Queens Public Library Elmhurst Adult Learning Center
Performed by Philip Estrera


Women Party in the Park by Aissa Moumouni, Seta Sylla, and Francoise Duval
NYC DOE OACE Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad


Super Blood Moon by Jerome Beasley
SUNY Educational Opportunity Center
Performed by Philip Estrera


The Spring by Sunhee Kim
NYC DOE OACE Queens Adult Learning Center
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


When all the other 3 seasons fail, take a vacation in this one by Gilberto Aguilera
Queens Public Library Peninsula Adult Learning Center
Performed by Philip Estrera


Coconut Water by Wenceslao Plazas Conde
CUNY Brooklyn College Adult Literacy Program
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad


My Passion by Bassirou Fall
NYC DOE OACE Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


A LONG LONG Ride by Carlos Vellojin
Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement
Performed by Philip Estrera


Break up
by Nino Halpern
CUNY Brooklyn College Adult Literacy Program
Performed by Philip Estrera


10 Cents to Dream
by Alexandra Meza
Queens Public Library Elmhurst Adult Learning Center
Performed by Philip Estrera


The Debt
by Antonio Melenciano
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
Performed by Philip Estrera


The Bag by Maria Paniagua
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


My Camera by Hilda Flores
NYC DOE OACE Queens Adult Learning Center
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad


My Father
by Xue Lan Hu
Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


My Mother's Dress
by Syeda Husan
CUNY Lehman College Adult Learning Center
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad


The King's Throne
by Nooreldeen Mettawa
Commonpoint Queens—The HUB
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


Precious Gift
by Yuci Li
Family Health Center at NYU Langone—Family Support Center
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad


The Car by Maria Martinez Mendoza
CUNY Lehman College Adult Learning Center
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


Remind Me by Maria Avila
Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad


Distracted
by Almohamed Al-Madkharakhi
NYC DOE OACE Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center
Performed by Philip Estrera


Cleaning the House
by Leticia Soberanes
NYC DOE OACE Queens Adult Learning Center
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


Sharpening the Mind: A Collection of Haiku Poems
by Jesus German
NYC DOE OACE Queens Adult Learning Center
Performed by Philip Estrera, Najah Imani Muhammad, and Dawn Akemi Saito


Our Subway
by Julie Wang
Family Health Centers at NYU Langone—Project Reach Youth
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


The Subway is a Special Window
by Yonghong Wu
Queens Public Library Elmhurst Adult Learning Center
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad


How Lucky and Brave I Am by Anna Bliska
CUNY Brooklyn College Adult Literacy Program
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


I Couldn't Get Up
: on Civil Rights Pioneer Claudette Colvin by Shelleann Brown
CUNY York College Adult Learning Center
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad


The Strength of This Woman
by Stacie Sinclair
Family Health Centers at NYU Langone—Project Reach Youth
Performed by Dawn Akemi Saito


School
by Mahamadou Sillah
NYC DOE OACE Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center
Performed by Philip Estrera


Simple
by Claudia Lema
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
Performed by Najah Imani Muhammad

The Performers (in alphabetical order)

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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

The All Write! adult literacy program is generously supported by the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, the MacMillan Family Foundation, the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, The Achelis and Bodman Foundation, the Henry Nias Foundation, the Charina Endowment Fund, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, the Michael Tuch Foundation, the Vidda Foundation, and The Grodzins Fund.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

All Write! also receives support from an endowment established by the Steven Aresty Foundation.

Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.

Floral arrangements are provided by PlantShed.

Symphony Space Staff

Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen
Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer
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Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)
Artistic Director (1988-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1988)

Lulu Fogarty Director of Education
Regina Larkin Manager of Education Programs
Madeline Cohen Director of All Write!

Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson
Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward
Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin
Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Matthew Love
Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski
Literary Assistant
Mollie Gordon Program Assistant
Madeleine Hearn
Literary Intern
Gabriela Parra
Lambis Literary Intern

LITERACY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Teresa Bell NYC Department of Education–Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center
Madeline Cohen Symphony Space
Solange Farina City University of New York–Borough of Manhattan Community College
Mary Esther Malloy Consultant

*in memoriam

Your generosity makes possible a vibrant array of music, literature, film, family, and arts education programs!