Friday, May 22, 2009

Literacy Lagniappe Tip #19: Read Beans and Writes

Hello Everyone,

The Greater New Orleans region has a new literary magazine written by adult education students called Read Beans and Writes. For those of you who are not from New Orleans and find the title puzzling this may help: Red beans and rice is a famous New Orleans dish usually served on Mondays in the city. The title was created by Rachel Nicolosi, Director of the Literacy Alliance of Greater New Orleans to reflect both the spirit of education and New Orleans.

The magazine will serve as a place for adult learners to express themselves through the
power of the written word while improving their literacy skills. The Literacy Alliance of Greater New Orleans and Literacy AmeriCorps New Orleans will assist with the publication management and eventually the goal is to have the students do all aspects related to the magazine. Please visit RB & W online at the following link and enjoy essays, poems and recipes written by our adult learners.

Happy reading!
Hazel

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