Reynolds participated inward the 2016 National African American Read-In, sponsored past times the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English. Students, faculty, together with staff met together to read aloud to each other on Feb xviii at the Parham Road Campus together with on Feb 22 at the Downtown Campus.
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Students from Maria Ramos’ African American Literature classes together with Tamara Watkins’ Public Speaking together with Intercultural Communication classes, besides every bit other students, staff, together with faculty members, performed several readings from such authors every bit Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, Audre Lorde, together with Thurgood Marshall. The selections ranged from poesy to memoirs, together with from legal writings to random quotes.
Those tending were enthusiastic almost the audience participation format. When asked what they liked almost the programs, participants noted “the plethora together with liberty of the poetry,” the participation past times both students together with faculty, together with “everyone speaking on their favorites.”
These events were hosted past times Around the World through Books, a subcommittee of the Multicultural Enrichment Council, together with were coordinated past times Library staff fellow member Lisa Bishop together with Carol Rodi, Assistant Coordinator, Nursing Retention Specialist, School of Nursing together with Allied Health. For to a greater extent than data almost the African American Read-In series, meet their website: http://www.ncte.org/aari.
Article provided past times Lisa Bishop