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“Lessons from a DC Nonprofit”
Did you know that Cedric Brown, 826DC’s Deputy Store Manager, is also a PR pro? He recently interviewed Andrea Nelson, 826DC’s Director of Education, about how we engage with the diverse DC community.
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Discovering 826DC: a Space Inspiring Lifelong Writers
This is a guest post from Jeungmin Kim, who visited 826DC from South Korea!
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Meet your New Year’s Resolutions with 826DC
You have resolutions and we have solutions! 826DC-related ones, that is.
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Meet the Staff: Harini Kadambi
We’re so pleased to introduce you to Harini Kadambi, the new Development Systems Specialist – AmeriCorps VISTA here at 826DC!
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Reading Recs for YABP
826DC is looking for journalism reading recommendations to share with a cohort of seventh-grade scholars at Brookland Middle School! We’re working with them on an anthology of narrative journalism for this year’s Young Authors’ Book Project.
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Publishing Nonfiction Books
826DC has the pleasure of publishing student stories through several of our programs, including our In-School Writing, Editing, and Publishing (ISWEP) program. We recently worked with second-grade Oyster-Adams Bilingual School students on original nonfiction books!
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Meet the Staff: Andrea Nelson
It’s truly a pleasure to welcome our new Director of Education, Andrea Nelson, to the 826DC team! Andrea is a dynamic and thoughtful educator who will lead 826DC’s programming into its next chapter.
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Ron Charles Reviews “This Time They Hear You”
Ron Charles, Book Critic at The Washington Post, recently delivered this heartwarming review of “This Time They Hear You,” 826DC’s new collection of science-inspired fairytales by local third-grade authors…
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Meet the Staff: Anja Kuipers
Anja Kuipers recently joined 826DC as our Public Programs Coordinator! She’s the magic behind the lowercase, 826DC’s monthly open mic night for local writers, authors, and poets. We hope you’ll all get a chance to meet her at one of our upcoming lowercases, held on the first Wednesday evening of each month.
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Meet the Staff: Eileen Chong
We’re delighted to welcome Eileen Chong to the team as our Interim After-School Writing Lab Coordinator! For the rest of the school year, Eileen will be the magic-maker behind our beloved After-School Writing Lab, where students join us for free volunteer-supported homework help and creative writing time.
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