People-Poets-Poetry Caravan Project-01/07/07-Clip#1

The Poetry Caravan in Westchester County, NY organized and managed a project, funded by the Westchester Center for Creative Aging, called "Times of Our Lives" It is an intergenerational project that brought residents of the Woodlands Independent/Assisted Living Facility and Ardsley Middle School students together for poetry and memoir writing.   Members of the Poetry Caravan who are also established poets and writers, Conrad Geller, Adrienne Hernandez, Karen Rippstein, Jane Rose, and Charlotte Walsh facilitated the seniors and students under the direction of Sarah Bracey-White and Ruth Handel. Frank Sisco videotaped each of the sessions as students and seniors shared and wrote about important memories of people, places, and events in their lives.   Student participants were recruited from winners and finalists of the Greenburgh poetry contests and from Ardsley Middle School, which has an active poetry program.  The purpose of the project was to open avenues for creative relationships and to commemorate important times through written expression.   This program was supported by a grant from the Westchester Center for Creative Aging. On Sunday, April 15, 2007 from 2:00 -- 4:00 p.m. at the Woodlands Residence, Route 9A in Ardsley there will be a culminating celebration and distribution of an anthology of the created works.   Please join the Poetry Caravan at this meaningful event during National Poetry Month. (From a press release sent to Martinelli Publications, publisher of 9 newspapers in Westchester County, NY) For more information contact Frank Sisco at 914.740.4422 or by email to ideasmoney@aol.com. See more videoclips and photos and information on www.VideoVoom.com. Click "poets" in the "Writers" category under "People."

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Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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