#bigclass

“Big Class is not just a writing program. It’s like a movement. Kids’ voices are getting heard.”

Support the movement. Support Big Class today, GiveNOLA Day. 

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A huge thank you to December’s volunteer of the month, intern extraordinaire Will Livingston Smith! Will has been a consistent, positive presence at Big Class @ Akili over the past semester, where he’s assisted with a 3rd grade bookmaking class, lead workshops in middle school aftercare, and much more!

A big shout out to Jenna Knoblach, November’s Volunteer of the Month! Jenna has been a consistent volunteer with numerous Big Class projects over the years, from Pizza Poetry to Open Studio, and this year you can find her every Tuesday at Akili aftercare.

Jenna will also be leading the Undrawable Stories workshop coming up Wednesday, November 18th: “Something I’m really excited about is leading the Undrawable Stories workshop this year. Students will write a narrative that is so strange, so bizarre that it will be simply impossible to illustrate.  At Press Street’s 24-hour Draw-a-Thon, artists will make the stories come to life.  This exercise leads young writers to think with images in mind. Communication, for me, has always been visual--whether it is with art or with words.”