community literacy projects



	Community literacy projects let diverse people come together to make a difference through writing, speaking up, and speaking with each other about shared and public concerns. The inquiry projects below have brought college students and faculty into dialogues with urban teens, community adults and parents, teachers, landlords, tenants, and healthcare providers.

	Decision Makers: Build an Identity as a Reflective Decision Maker (link) Community Literacy Center: A Snapshot History of the CLC (link) On Mentoring: Reflections by CLC mentors Informal Networks of Support: Where do Urban Teens Turn? Agency & LD: Decisions Teens Make for Dealing with a Learning Disability On Mentoring: Reflections by CLC mentors Exploring the Success and Failure of the Writer/Mentor Relationship in Constructing Text. Joe Valeri What is a Mentor? Hillary Carey Tina: A Portrait of Literate Awareness Christie S. Johnson Informal Networks of Support: Where Do Urban Teens Turn? Family Networks: Does structure effect support? Anne Leete Family and Identity A Linguistic Analysis of Agency in Interviews with Four Teenagers. Naomi Shabot, M. A. "If they hit you, hit them back" Perspectives on methods of dealing with conflict and confrontation. Neema Avashia The role of a network of support in the college application process John Hursh Our friends and our actions Sexuality, influence and perspective Anne Ray Discovering the Making of Meaning: Reading Texts and Negotiating Identity within an Intercultural Context. Quo Vadis Cobb, M. A. The inner city as a "Convictional Community" How the black church supports its teens Erin Rhodes A Multicultural Mentor: An Inquiry Anne Pettengill Who Am I? Cribbs Perceptions of Education Christine Tarbet Realizing Community Franki L. Williams Franki's survey Franki L. Williams Agency & LD: Decisions Teens Make for Dealing with a Learning Disability Bridging the Classroom Gap Julia Carter Constructed and Natural Consequences Perceptions of a Sister and a Teen CMU Writer Exploring How and Why Teenagers Make Decisions Jonn'e Cheah The "Little" Decisions Seeing My Brother, Differently, Through Ken Astrid Chow Mainstream Confusion, Resource Boredom Laura Conrad Seeing Yourself as a Decision Maker Erin Eisenger, M.A.