Andover Bread Loaf 2019 Program Report

PHILLIPS ACADEMY 2019 OUTREACH PROGRAM REPORT

ANDOVER BREAD LOAF

OUR MISSION Andover Bread Loaf promotes literacy and educational revitalization through the lens of social justice in the most under-resourced communities and school systems around the world, particularly in U.S. urban communities and public schools.

WHO WE SERVE ABL collaborates with youth, adults, educators, and community activists to support grassroots, democratic social action movements that enable people to transform themselves, their communities, and their educational systems.

WHAT WE DO Through interactive programs that teach writing, creative self-expression, and the arts, ABL ignites a passion for learning and empowers youth, educators, and community organizers to create spaces for emancipatory education and community wellness both inside and outside of schools.

“My ABL experience exceeded expectations in every way. Your way of working was always excellent, warm, supportive, and committed…I admire all [the participants] deeply and each one gave me a piece of bread that feeds my soul, which will multiply to feed the souls of others wherever I go.”

—SARAHI RODRÍGUEZ DÍAZ San Juan, Puerto Rico Facilitator, Puerto Rico Youth At Risk workshops; ABL Writing Workshop for Teachers participant

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ABL launched as a site of the Bread Loaf Teacher Network, established by Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English

Visit www.andover.edu/ABL to learn more about ABL and its impact.

2019 ABL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Andover Bread Loaf continued to strengthen and expand in exciting ways throughout its 32nd year thanks to generous support from individuals and foundations. In 2019, ABL began focusing on a five-year strategic plan, which includes deepening its work in Lawrence and developing social action communities at various national sites.

YOUTH SUMMER PROGRAMMING. ABL and its Lawrence partners ran five writing and arts programs this past summer for nearly 200 youth in grades 2–12. Program hosts included Phillips Academy, the Lawrence History Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence, and the Lawrence Public Library.

EXPANDED WRITING LEADER PROGRAM. ABL’s writing leader program develops teenagers as

LOU BERNIERI Founder, Director

teachers, artists, and social activists. While many writing leaders volunteer their time, ABL employed 50-plus youth this past summer and school year to organize and run events in schools, cultural institutions, and community organizations.

A teacher, coach, and administrator at Phillips Academy since 1977, Lou Bernieri

ANNUAL EDUCATORS’ WORKSHOP. The 2019 Writing Workshop for Teachers, a summer

founded Andover Bread Loaf in 1987. Having

professional development program for educators and activists, drew 20 educators

grown up in an Italian-American immigrant

and community organization staff from Arizona, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and South

community in Brooklyn, N.Y., he recognized

Carolina as well as the cities of Baton Rouge, New Orleans, New York City, San Juan,

the potential for transformative education

and San Salvador.

in nearby Lawrence, Mass., and made

NEW NETWORK PARTNERS. ABL kicked off a new partnership with Puerto Rico, made

the immigrant city ABL’s home base. The

possible in part by Juan Segarra ’68, with a November 2018 conference in San Juan. In early 2019, ABL created formal partnerships with the Navajo Nation and the Window Rock Unified School District in Window Rock, Arizona.

influence and inspiration of Lawrence youth and adults have fostered ABL’s national and international network.

LOCAL IMPACT

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202

students participated in 5 summer writing and arts programs held in Lawrence and at Phillips Academy

writing leaders, including PA students, worked with Lawrence youth

1,500+

450

students participated in ABL programming and community events

students and family members attended Lawrence Family Literacy Nights

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Active Partners in ABL’s Lawrence Collective

SÍ, SE PUEDE LAWRENCE HISTORY CENTER ADDISON GALLERY OF AMERICAN ART ELEVATED THOUGHT LAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LAWRENCE EL TALLER CAFÉ LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY LAWRENCE ARTS HOUSE YMCA’S ADELANTE PROGRAM ESSEX ART CENTER LOCAL PUBLIC & CHARTER SCHOOLS MOVEMENT CITY LAWRENCE HERITAGE STATE PARK AND MORE… 1

Teacher Yulissa Nuñez

MAKING IT FUN—AND PERSONAL Although she moved often while growing up, Yulissa Nuñez has always felt a special connection to Lawrence. After graduating from Holy Cross in 2014, she returned to her alma mater—Lawrence High School (LHS)—to teach English. Soon after, she attended ABL’s summer Writing Workshop for Teachers. The program inspired her teaching and continues to have a positive impact on many LHS students as well. Nuñez runs an after-school open mic club (@enhancedvoices on Instagram), plans open mic nights with students, and hosts writing workshops held by ABL writing leaders, LHS alumni, and community writers.

“It’s rewarding to see those moments when students realize they can actually write—and that writing can be fun as well as very personal,” says Nuñez. “At a recent workshop, a girl courageously read her poem about a friend who had moved away in front of 30 other students. It was very raw and emotional, and it touched everybody.

“Another student who is quite shy discovered he could really express himself through writing. Now he is collecting all the pieces we’ve written together to create a poetry book as a gift for the graduating seniors.”

Nuñez received the 2016 Hispanic Heritage Award from Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera and is on track to earn a master’s degree from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English in 2020.

YANERIS COLLADO

ABL Network Coordinator “At conferences and workshops

ABL Writing Leader/ Student Volunteer “From the very first day, ABL was

GLADDYS JIMINIAN

ABL Writing Leader “When I was an ABL student,

I bring my own poetry and

welcoming. The program creates

I would only go up to the

writing prompts, such as ‘what

a culture shift that encourages

microphone once—because it

home means to me.’ We engage,

openness and community.

was required. This year, as a

discuss, and embrace one

Everyone’s there to support you.

writing leader, I shared more than

another’s differences at ABL. It’s

In the writing workshops, it’s

ever before, and I talked in front

a liberating experience not to

powerful for the young students to

of 50 people without being afraid.

have communication barriers!

know that they can write and share

I gained a lot of knowledge and

Community should be all of us

whatever they want and they’re not

power within myself by simply

learning from each other. At ABL,

going to be criticized or judged.

writing and doing art. ABL has

we all have a say, and everyone’s

The students write about personal

made me realize I can change the

opinion does matter. The program

things, which made the program

world by writing and speaking

is life-changing; it’s empowered

really meaningful to me.”

out. I can do anything I set my

my voice and helped me inspire youth and their voices.”

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MAX VALE ’18

Prior to graduating from Phillips

mind to.”

Academy, Vale helped Lawrence second-

An outspoken youth activist, Jiminian

Collado is pursuing an MA at Middlebury

graders write and share their poetry.

is a member of the Bread Loaf Teacher

College’s Bread Loaf School of English.

He is a sophomore at Carleton College.

Network’s NextGen youth network.

NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL IMPACT

500+

educators from around the world have attended the ABL Writing Workshop for Teachers since 1990

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8

Navajo Nation youth and educators participated in ABL programming in 2018–2019

Educators from

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national and international ABL sites now offer Family Literacy Nights and writing leader programs

Educators from

countries, including

EL SALVADOR PAKISTAN & KENYA have participated in ABL programs and visited its Lawrence site since 1990

16

U.S. states attended ABL conferences and workshops in 2018–2019

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Puerto Rican educators attended the 2019 ABL Writing Workshop for Teachers

ABL conferences held in Puerto Rico in 2019

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International Peace Literacy Network conferences hosted by ABL in countries such as

TANZANIA

ABL in Puerto Rico

INDIA & HAITI

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ABL school and community partners in Puerto Rico to date, including Caminando con Caimito, Colégio Santa Clara, and the Boys & Girls Club

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Puerto Rican educators visited ABL’s Lawrence collective in 2018–2019, then launched their own writing leader program

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We are grateful to our many donors, whose generosity makes the ABL program possible.

Foundations and Organizations Abbot & Dorothy H. Stevens Foundation Edward S. & Winifred G. Moseley Foundation Merrimack Valley People for Peace Rogers Family Foundation

Individuals R. James Acheson Jr. ’78 & Joanne Acheson Fred L. Adair Jr. ’69 & Catherine A. Steiner-Adair Tenley E. Albright, MD & Gerald W. Blakeley Jr. P’88 Julia A. Alvarez ’67 & William Eichner Christopher S. Amendano ’13 Amy S. Appleton ’79 & William A. Sarraille Sharyn Bahn Harriet Bishop Bakken ’79 & Jon Petter Bakken P’12, ’14, ’16 Susanna Rhodes Beckwith ’88 & Curt Beckwith, MD, P’18 William J. Bellissimo II ’78 Louis M. Bernieri P’96, ’10 & Heather C. Bryant Michael L. Bernieri ’10 Kiran Bhardwaj & Michael Boyle James R. Bird Jr., PhD, ’67 & Anita MacMillen Bird

Tyler P. Bond ’10 Robert A. Briggs ’82, P’11 LaShawnda Brooks Andrew V. Brown ’88 & Jill Bouquet Brown P’19 Jennifer L. Brown ’78 & Blake Spencer Mark J. Bucceri & Julie Welch-Bucceri Michael T. Cahill ’84 & Hilary W. Addington Berit K. Campion ’92 & Dmytro Mamedov Arnold A. Chacon & Alida Alvarado Chacon P’05, ’14 Harrison P. Choi ’19 Brian T. Clark, MD, ’00 & Laura M. Fitzgerald Clark ’00 Martin A. Clarke ’83 & Mediha Qureshi Margaret W. Coffin ’03 & Nathan S. Kellogg ’05 Dario E. Collado ’98 Kevin A. ’74 & Diane Connolly Thomas Constable GP’19 Laura J. Cox ’88 & Dan Rogoff Grace E. Curley ’81, P’14, ’20 Jeffrey F. Curley ’83 & Siswati Samad Christopher B. Dayton ’83 & Rebecca Hiland Dayton ’87

John N. Dempsey III ’99 & Lauren Nelson Sanjiv S. Desai ’89 & Wendy Levitz Conway A. Downing Jr. ’64 Michael J. & Julie R. Doyle P’18 Kempton Dunn III ’87 & Meredith Copeland Dunn P’22 Nekia Monique Durant ’01 O. Nicole Durrett ’17 Hodgson G. Eckel ’88 Patricia H. & George H. Edmonds P’79, ’82 Joseph W. England ’64 Mara Meyer Epstein ’01 & Jonathan Epstein Patrick J. & Karen J. Farrell P’08 William Faulkner ’09 Jordyn O. Fenton ’17 Keith T. Flaherty, MD, ’89 & Mira Kautzky, MD, P’23 Hubert C. Fortmiller Jr. ’52 & Frances D. Nolde ’54 Lisa M. Foster ’84, P’12, ’22 Joshua C. Frechette ’90 & Trixie Sabundayo Ann & Richard B. Friedman Beth Friedman & Sherri Bisci Judith Friedman

Gabriela Poma ’88

COLLABORATING FOR JUSTICE There are many reasons to support Andover Bread Loaf, but for advisory board member Gabriela Poma ’88, the most important one is deeply personal.

“I am originally from El Salvador and am part of its U.S. diaspora,” she says, “so ABL’s international outreach has been very exciting for me. While I have the privilege to be able to travel and live between the United States and my region of origin, I know it is extremely complicated for those who cannot. Transnational collaboration is therefore a crucial part of what I dedicate my work to.”

Poma works with ABL through a collaboration with Contextos, an El Salvador–based organization whose mission mirrors that of ABL—to foster educational reform and social justice. She appreciates ABL’s ability to build international bridges.

“ABL has grown organically as a youth-driven, grass-roots movement that fosters literacy skills, community, and empowerment in underserved or underrepresented schools, cities, and towns in the U.S. and internationally,” says Poma. “I have seen how—through its methodologies—perceptions change, hierarchies are blurred, voices are heard, and differences become benefits.”

“I feel honored to be a part of ABL. The program is in a position to greatly expand its important work,” says Poma. “I would hope that ‘outreach’ is a term that is adopted by alumni as a way to further the education we received at Andover. ABL changes lives and transforms entire communities.”

Poma, a mother of three, is completing a doctoral degree at Harvard that focuses on 20thand 21st-century Central American and Caribbean literature and visual arts.

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Ignacio & Rosie B. Garcia P’21 Elee E. Kraljii Gardiner ’88 & Robert Kraljii Riley E. Gardner ’10 Martha Abbruzzese Genieser ’87 & W. Robert Genieser Cassandra T. Gerdes ’05 Dixie Goswami Cynthia L. Greene ’87 & David Jegen Jeremy W.Y. Hall & Deborah Hobin Hall P’00, ’06 W. Daniel Hall Jr. ’39 Patricia R. Har ’95 & Aaron Mandel Richard B. Harrington ’85 Steven A. ’81 & Shirl A. Harrington David Hayward ’87 Hannah J. Cole Heath ’98 & Tim Heath Edward J. Hill ’79 J. Connor Hoesley ’04 Alanna H. Hughes ’04 Wayne T. Jervis III ’87 & Heather Toogood Jervis P’22 Abigail C. Johnson ’71 Cynthia Johnson ’71 Tiffany D. Joseph, PhD, ’00 Jonathan M. Judson ’02 Thomas H. Kane, PhD & Jennifer Kane P’23

Last year, donors from 28 U.S. states and eight countries supported ABL’s life-changing programs for youth and educators from Lawrence, Mass., across the U.S., and around the world.

Colleen M. Kennedy ’01 Mary Claire L. Kennedy P’01, ’03 Michael J. ’94 & Amy Koehler Polly G. LaBarre ’88 Samuel Kit Bunn Lai, PhD, ’00 & Sachiko Ozawa ’99 Katrina Moiso Lamkin ’83 & Marc D. Lamkin Marcella Larsen ’84 & Chip Chilson P’18 Tucker ’88 & Victoria M. Levy Thomas P. Lockerby & Kathleen J. McCrickerd Angela S. Lorenz ’83 & Giovanni Figliomeni P’14 Edward R. ’89 & Erin E. Lovett Danielle S. ’94 & Peter Makrauer Anne & Scott A. Marino P’19 Giacomo B. Marino ’18 Carolina E. Marion ’08 Erin M. McCloskey ’90 Patrick J. McCormick ’83 & Babette Fahey Caroline A. Mesinger ’16 Benjamin R. Minard III ’89 Olivia D. Morgan-Plouffe ’90 & David Plouffe Michael W. Morris Jr. ’86 & Kristen A. Morris P’21 John Henry ’88 & Marion F. Moulton Peter C. Munn ’18 Kevin L. ’80 & Carolyn V. Murphy Peter G. Myers ’01 Hyun Jee Nam ’19 Samuel H. & Janet M. Nork P’16 Kevin J. O’Brien ’92 Caroline Goodson Parker ’88 & John Parker Louise Parsons Parry ’90 & Brian Parry Beth & Tim Parsons Elizabeth Anne Pates ’10 Jonathan C. Peirce ’63 William & Nancy Penney GP’21 Gabriela Poma ’88 Allan C. Reeder ’88 Bruce Reider, MD, ’67 & Patricia Simmons Reider P’10 Edward A. Rice ’58 & Mary Dondero Rice Nicole E. Roberts ’02 & Krisa Benskin Christopher P. Rokous ’80 & Judith South Rokous J. Benjamin Romero ’12

Case L. Rosenfelt ’22 Michael I. Rosenfelt & Amy M. Alcorn P’22 David L. Ross ’70 Norman H. Rothschild ’86 & Cheng-Mei Liu P’10, ’20 Daniel B. Rowland ’58 & Wendy Bolton Rowland ’60 Antonia M. See & Andy W. Lam P’22 Juan E. Segarra III ’68 Dong S. ’91 & Maria Shin Matthew D. ’86 & Lily E. Shine Bryce A. Shufro ’22 Gregory D. Shufro ’87 and Jennifer Saken P’22 Nicholas A. ’80 & Jennifer A. Shufro Abby J. Shuman, PsyD, ’84 & Dean Eaton George B. Smith Jr. ’83 & Beth Becker-Smith James W. Smithwick ’99 R. Jordan Smyth Jr. ’84 & Shelagh Meehan Smyth Josef J. Tatelbaum ’78 & Grace Wang Juan E. Tavares ’97 Thomas L. Taylor ’22 Sylvia L. Thayer ’54 & J. Philip Zaeder P’79, ’83, GP’17, ’18 Lavina Tsak Cheong Tien ’00 Mark P. ’87 & Heather L. Timken Ashley M. Tolentino Andrew S. Tonelli ’02 Lisa M. Torrisi A. Quincy Vale P’15, ’18 Heidi L. Van Horn ’86 Christopher J. Wade ’08 Nathaniel L. Waters ’95 Timothy I. Watt ’89 & Amity Gaige Juma O. Waugh ’98 Dee Webster Brooke H.B. Williams ’84 & Joshua Liberson Sandra Waugh Winans ’69 & Walter Edward Winans Jr. Adam K. ’83 & Ann S. Wise Sturgis P. ’84 & Carolyn Woodberry Peike Wu ’22 Torrance B. York ’84 & Gregory T. Walters Anna J. Zimmer ’17 Carolyn M. & James P. Zimmer P’17, ’20

Donor list reflects gifts received from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019.

P = Parent(s) of Phillips Academy student or alumnus/a GP = Grandparent SSA = Summer Session alumnus/a

ABL ADVISORY BOARD Michael T. Cahill ’84, Chair New York, NY Susanna Rhodes Beckwith ’88, P’18 Providence, RI Sanjiv S. Desai ’89 Coconut Grove, FL Jose A. Dobles ’98 Brooklyn, NY Ricardo Dobles ’85 Holden, MA Keith T. Flaherty, MD, ’89, P’23 Cambridge, MA Elee E. Kraljii Gardiner ’88 Vancouver, BC, Canada Cynthia L. Greene ’87 Newton, MA Tucker Levy ’88 Basel, Switzerland John Henry Moulton ’88 Greenwich, CT Gabriela Poma ’88 Cambridge, MA Gregory D. Shufro ’87, P’22 New York, NY Scobie D. Ward ’84 Hong Kong Timothy I. Watt ’89 West Hartford, CT Sturgis P. Woodberry ’84 Darien, CT

July’s ABL Writing Workshop for Teachers, held on the Phillips Academy campus, drew educators from far and wide. Here, Casey Long (Navajo Nation), Sam Gleaves (Hindman Settlement School in Kentucky), Mohsin Tejani (Karachi, Pakistan), and Sarahi Rodríguez Díaz (San Juan, Puerto Rico) discuss plans for an

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international collaboration focused on health issues that youth face in their respective communities.

Phillips Academy’s four educational outreach programs— Andover Bread Loaf, the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers, (MS)2, and PALS—have long served as resources for students and teachers locally, nationally, and worldwide.

Photos: Gil Talbot

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