Food & Identity: Memoirs from Around Our Tables (In-Person)
Adult (Ages 16+) | This program has been canceled
Whether we are eating our grandmother’s slowly roasted chicken or sharing a bag of chips on a park bench with a friend, the foods we eat hold profound meaning in our lives. In this course, we will dive into writing our personal narratives through the lens of food, as we explore our complex relationships with ourselves, our cultures, our families, and our planet. All experience levels are welcome.
With Poet Jordana Weiner
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- Students should bring a notebook & pen.
Jordana Weiner
Jordana Weiner (she/her/hers) received her B.A. in Poetry, Empathy, and Education from New York University and her Ed.M. in Arts in Education from Harvard University. A writer, photographer, and green thumb, Jordana specializes in creating nurturing spaces for identity exploration, self-reflection, and community building through arts practices.
"One of my first priorities in a creative writing class is to communicate to learners that they are already masters of language—they use language to communicate every day, and they are experts at communicating nuance, emotion, and humor with their friends and families. I think that this confidence really opens the door for learners to feel agency as they take on new writing projects. I am also intentional about fostering a supportive, nurturing community of writers in my classrooms, so that everyone can feel safe to take risks, experiment boldly, and share their words with others, which can be really scary. Of course, I also think that it is crucial for learners to be interested and engaged in what we are reading, and to write things that are personally important to them. Ultimately, that’s why we do it—to communicate our complex experiences, to say something about what it’s like to be alive, and to find comfort in knowing that others feel those ways, too. I want to be sure that my students feel as welcomed as possible into such wonderful modes of expression."