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Merna Ann Hecht, poet, storyteller, and arts and literacy educator, has partnered with Bread for the Journey of Seattle, Voices in Wartime Education Project, and Institute for Poetic Medicine to bring the power of language through poetry and narrative to immigrant students who have experienced war and conflict.
As poet-in-residence at Foster High School, just south of Seattle, Merna has two goals for her students.
The first is to provide a meaningful experience of how poetry and narrative writing can give honest expression and voice to their losses, their questions, their struggles and their hopes.
The second is to provide opportunities within the larger community for showcasing the poetry of these young people - including community poetry readings, public radio broadcasts, and the publication of an anthology in hard copy.
Bread for the Journey of Seattle is proud to have partnered with Merna and two other important organizations by contributing $1000 to fund this remarkable work.