PEOPLE AND STORES GENTE Y CUENTOS
295 EGGERTS CROSSING ROAD, LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ 08648 www.peopleandstories.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PEOPLE & STORIES/GENTE Y CUENTOS IS DEDICATED TO OPENING DOORS TO LITERATURE FOR NEW AUDIENCES. THROUGH ORAL READINGS AND RIGOROUS DISCUSSIONS OF ENDURING SHORT STORIES, WE INVITE UNDERSERVED PARTICIPANTS TO FRESH UNDERSTANDINGS OF THEMSELVES, OF OTHERS, AND OF THE WORLD.

PEOPLE & STORIES / GENTE Y CUENTOS IS AN INNOVATIVE READING AND DISCUSSION PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF UNDERSERVED ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS. FOR 8-10 WEEKS,90-120 MINUTES PER WEEK, PROGRAM COORDINATORS MEET WITH PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE CLIENTS OR RESIDENTS OF COLLABORATING REHABILITATION CENTERS,HOMELESS SHELTERS, PRISONS, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, REENTRY PROJECTS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS,TO READ, CRITICALLY DISCUSS, AND WRITE ABOUT SHORT STORIES. OUR METHOD, THE ORAL READING AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF LITERARY STORIES, CREATES A NEW, BROADER, FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR PARTICIPANTS. AT THE SAME TIME,THE PROGRAM IMPROVES READING COMPREHENSION, WRITING, COMMUNICATION, AND ANALYTICAL THINKING SKILLS. THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT, ASSISTS IN THE QUESTIONING OF SELF-IMPOSED LIMITATIONS,ADVANCES THE ABILITY TO HEAR THE IDEAS OF OTHERS, AND ENCOURAGES PARTICIPANTS TO EXPAND THEIR HORIZONS. FUTHERMORE, IN OUR "CROSSING BORDERS WITH LITERATURE" PROGRAMS WE INVITE PEOPLE FROM A VARIETY OF PROFESSIONS TO JOIN THE PROGRAM WITH URBANITES. CROSS-CULTURAL CONVERSATIONS EVOLVE THAT BRIDGE DIFFERENCES OF ETHNICITY, GENDER, SOCIOECONOMIC CLASS, AGE AND GEOGRAPHY AND HELP OVERCOME BARRIERS TO SOCIAL JUSTICE.

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