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The Fourth Year 2009 - 2010
The Anne Frank Prison Diary Writing
Project
About
The New
York State Literary Center's partnership with Rochester City
School District's Youth and Justice Program, in collaboration
with the Office of The Sheriff, County of Monroe, Arts,
Literacy, and The Classroom Community, was honored in the fall
of 2009 with an invitation to participate in The Anne Frank
Center's "Hello World: Diaries by Men and Women in American
Prisons."
In an effort to reach out to
prisoners and educate people on both sides of the "wall," The
Anne Frank Center USA
http://www.annefrank.com/, in
partnership with PEN American Center
http://www.pen.org/, launched a Prison Diary Program for men
and women in American prisons using the Diary of Anne
Frank as an inspirational
tool. The program encouraged prisoners to utilize the same means
of self-expression "writing a diary" that Anne used to endure her
imprisonment while in hiding. The
Anne Frank Center's diary writing program provided those
incarcerated with a copy of
A Diary of a Young Girl,
a journal, and a pamphlet on diary writing and Anne Frank's
literary accomplishments. Participants agree to keep their own
diaries, writing about their lives and thoughts, and returning
their journals to The Anne Frank Center for possible publication
on the Internet and in print.
Review of Francine Prose's, former President of PEN
American Center, Anne
Frank, The Book, The Life, the Afterlife
(Harper, 2009)
The book underlaid the NYSLC's pedagogy to
introduce The
Anne Frank Prison Diary Writing Project in Arts,
Literacy, and The Classroom Community.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/books/01maslin.html?scp=1&sq=francine
prose tracing the many lives of Anne Frank&st=cse
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Freedom of
Expression: An Exhibition of Contemporary Diaries, May 1
- July 1, 2010, The Anne Frank Center USA, 38 Crosby
Street, New York, New York
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The exhibition
of diaries featured contemporary diaries, a facsimile of Anne
Frank's original diary, some of the Freedom Writers' diaries,
diaries by men and women in prison, and diaries of incarcerated
youth who were part of Arts, Literacy, and The Classroom
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New York State Literary Center at the opening of Freedom of Expression: An Exhibition of Contemporary Diaries at The Anne Frank Center USA in New York
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The
Diaries of Incarcerated Youth, Arts,
Literacy, and The Classroom Community -
Click to view PDF file |
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