people and stories / gente y cuentos

 

Author Amy Hempel spoke at the P&S / GyC Annual Fund Raiser, May 1
U.S.1 article by William T. Vandegrift, Jr.
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en 
español 

Descripción del Programa

"El espectator"
Libertad bajo palabra
Por:
Lucía Camargo Rojas

Nuevas metodologías de lecturas se aplicaron en mompos bolívar, alcalde y primera dama se mostraron complacidos
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NEWS
RELEASES
 
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Program Descriptions
Classic Program

Senior Focus
Crossing Borders

en español

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Updated
July 2009

 

 

creating public, grassroots 
access to literature


"Your commitment...has opened the riches of literature to many...Through People & Stories, you have reached out to include those often excluded, and have encouraged those often mistakenly thought not capable of participating to partake of the resources that the humanities offer..."


Public Humanities Award, presented by the NJ Council of the Humanities to Sarah Hirschman, 
founder of People & Stories, Gente y Cuentos.

 

 
People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos Participants

 
mission statement
Link

 

Author visits people and stories / gente y cuentos


Poet, Paul Muldoon, joins participants at the
Rescue Mission to read and discuss his poetry.

 

Online Donations are now accepted!

 

 

 


 

Church & Dwight
$5,000
Award
to support local programs.



Lesley  Allen of Church & Dwight and Pat Andres of
people and stories, gente y cuentos

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SARAH HIRSCHMAN

Founder of
People & Stories Gente y Cuentos
wins "Bud" Vivian Award


Link to Town Topics
News Release
June 6, 2008

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Selected Current Projects

Living With Literature--Writing our Stories
Sponsored by The National Endowment  for the Arts, April '06.

One of 13 New Jersey  recipients.

Repeat recipient
April '09.

Link to Project

Crossing Borders with Literature
A Project Across Municipal Boundaries, sponsored by a grant from the Princeton Area Community Foundation. 
Link to Project

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Selected Previous Projects

Targeted Capacity Building Award
to expand ability to serve at-risk youth,  Dept. of Health & Human Services, 2007.  One of two New Jersey recipients.

National Library Expansion Project
funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Link to Library Project