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Please join us for the Western New York Network of English Teachers Youth Voices Speakers Series on Thursday, April 14, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in Ketchum Hall 313.

Showcasing the work that young people have conducted in English classrooms throughout Western New York, the series seeks to reclaim space for the voices of youth and their English teachers, and to reposition English classrooms as learning spaces of meaning, purpose, and power in the Buffalo-Niagara region. 

The event will feature presentations by students from the Elmwood Village Charter School, Cheektowaga Central High School, Frederick Law Olmsted High School, Maritime Charter School, Saint Francis High School, and other schools in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Specific presentations include the following:

Abdul Sami – "Between Two Worlds: Identity and the Individual Experience of Immigration"

Nichole Graham – "Persevering through Troubling Times: Support Systems, Personal Growth, and Pathways to Individuality"

Curtis Watts and Olivia Brewster – "A Defense of Black Culture"

Hana Zulqarnainn – "I Am Not Oppressed: Muslim Women and Western Culture"

Rebecca Leon and Lyla Giallombardo – "Am I a Feminist?"

Marianna Sanchez – "Students’ Perspective on the School Experience: Stress, Standards, and the Real World"

London Banks – "Coloring in the Lines: Self-Segregation in Black Culture"

Jakera Lewis and Summer Walters – "They Can’t Define Me: Stereotyping, Identity, and Reclaiming Our Voices"

Anthony Marzullo and Timothy Kurucz – "New Perspectives: Young Men and the Critical Reading of Gender in Literature and the World"

Please see the English Department website for additional events.