Writing for Remembrance, Release, and Resistance: Teaching at the Intersection of Ethnic Studies and Creative Writing

This event features Brooklyn College students in education and Puerto Rican and Latino studies, along with graduates in the K–12 classroom, in conversation with Assistant Professor Carla España. In times when ethnic studies and literature by marginalized voices face censorship and removal from curricula, the experiences of people from the global majority must be amplified and integrated into all learning spaces. España will present her recent book, Narrative Writing With Latinx Teens: Testimonios, Texts, and Teaching, and lead a conversation on schooling, curriculum, ethnic studies, and teacher preparation.

España is a New York–based educator, researcher, writer, and co-founder of the En Comunidad Collective. She partners with K–12 schools and teacher preparation programs to support teachers, librarians, coaches, and administrators. Prior to joining Brooklyn College, she was an instructor at Bank Street College, doctoral lecturer at Hunter College (CUNY), and literacy consultant with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. Her teaching journey began with bilingual and multilingual sixth graders in Harlem, at Don Pedro Albizu Campos School as a bilingual teacher. Narrative Writing With Latinx Teens features testimonials from New York City students and educators and multimodal writing activities using poetry, and middle grade and young adult literature.