“Undeniably a success”
The Black, White and Read All Over Gala was profiled in the recent issue of Sway Magazine, and declared to be “undeniably a success”. The article quotes Literature for Life Ambassador Roots Kizzy: “I love the movement, I love the cause they’re working for right now. Building healthy women and children is important right now, especially for young Black women. It helped me to be able to interact, to be able to move into networking with women across the city. The writing circle is what helped build up my motivation because I was already writing and I was already performing and needed an outlet to explore different venues different people.”
Literature for Life profiled in Share
Literature for Life has been profiled in Share: Canada’s Largest Ethnic Newspaper. The piece outlines our programming, recaps the successful 3rd annual Black White and Read All Over Gala, and quotes the event’s Honorary Chair, Valerie Pringle:
“This organization is an absolute gem, partly because no one else is doing it and I think because it addresses such an important area of social injustice and it intervenes at such a critical point with young moms and their children and there is such an opportunity there,” said Pringle. “The genius is seeing this and acting and reaching out and making a difference…I think it’s a lovely concept to think of a mother as a child’s first teacher and supporting that mother and giving her the skills, the tools and really the self-esteem as well to move forward and to be able to make a difference and make changes in her own life.”
II: I am
I am St. Vincent.
I am beautiful
I am the soca land
I am the white sandy beach
I am St. Vincent
I am Kingfish
I am the fish who live in the sea, that I love to fry, cook and steam.
I am Kingfish.
I am what go around… when the time come you cant run.
I am Chante’
Beautiful like the moon, that shines in the night.
I am Chante’
I am 20
I am young
I am sexy
I am a proud mum.
I am 20
-Nathonally Williams
Literature for Life’s 3rd Annual Black White & Read All Over
A Photo Documentary by Amber King
A special thank you to all those who attended and supported Literature for Life’s 3rd Annual Black White & Read All Over.
On October 26, 2011, guests gathered at the RBC Plaza to celebrate 11 years of Literature for Life Reading Circle programming and the unleashing of intellectual potential.