NYSLC'S Arts, Literacy, and the Classroom Community Partnership   The First Year   The Second Year    The Third Year     The Fourth Year     The Fifth Year   This Sixth Year   Website Roc the Day Visit the New York State Literary Center on Roc the Day, December 8   Choose! Give! Spread the Word!   The New York State Literary Center's Partnership interviewed by Norma Holland on Many  Voices, Many Visions, November 25, 2011   Many Voices, Many Visions     New York State Literary Center  Hello,      "Picturing Our Dreams"  the exhibition of artwork by incarcerated youth in Arts, Literacy, and the Classroom Community at Link Gallery, Rochester City Hall has been extended until January 31, 2012! Make sure you don't miss it. Take home a dream. My dream is when I die I don't want people crying. I want people smiling and saying his words stopped me from hurting someone.    My dream is to learn how to be a good father, to be the father I never had and to be  there for my children.      The "Picturing Our Dreams" mural will be featured in Prison Health News. Prison Health News is a quarterly publication that  goes out to thousands of subscribers across the country. Founded in 2001, Prison Health News is written by and for people who have been in prison or are currently living behind the walls.     "After sharing and discussing artworks from across the country with the editorial staff, everyone around the table agreed that the 'Picturing Our Dreams' mural and message really embody the struggle of prisoners across the nation."      We are asking for your support on Roc the Day on December 8. Your support will help us continue our nationally recognized partnership with Rochester City School District and the Office of The Sheriff, County of Monroe.     Giving on december 8, ROC the Day is simple. Starting at 12:00 a.m. donors can donate to the New York State Literary Center. There are twelve hours to give. Here's how it works:  Go to Roc the Day Choose the New York State Literary Center Give with a simple, one-time online donation     Nobody cared about me, so why should I care.  The New York State Literary Center cares about our community's underserved, disconnected youth.       Children with no fathers, fathers with lost children,   this may be hard for some to relate to, but I have lived the truth of these words.   The New York State Literary Center needs your help to continue its commitment to our community's most underserved youth, those young people in the justice system.   We ask you to visit Roc the Day and give to the New York State Literary Center on on December 8th.   Thank you,   Dale Davis Founder and Artistic Director