Mosaic Literary Conference 2010 is quickly approaching!

November 5 & 6, 2010

Hostos Community College 450 Grand Concourse at 149th St.
Register 2 or more and save up to 40%!

Friday 6-8pm

African Voices magazine co-presents a free screening of Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun a documentary on the life of the famed cultural anthropologist. The event is followed by a Q&A.

Saturday 9-3pm
Workshops will feature a variety of subjects including using theater as a teaching tool, hip hop as a tool to connect to reading, publishing a lit magazine in your classroom, and much more. Click here for complete details

9-10am
Registration/Continental Breakfast

10-11:15
Teaching The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Literature: Haley and Shabazz in the Tradition of African American Narratives
Facilitator: Eisa Nefertari Ulen

Exposing Children to Multicultural Text Through the Literature and Arts of India
Facilitator: Nikita Hunter

11:30-12:45
Hip Hop Studies
Facilitator: Femi Lewis

Publishing a Literary Magazine to Spark Budding Readers and Writers
Facilitator: Gabrielle David

Lunch

1:15-2:30
Malcolm X Through the Eyes of New Technology
Facilitator: Felicia Pride

Creating Dialogue: Using Plays as Tools to Initiate Conversation
Facilitator: Khadijah Ali-Coleman

MLC’10 presents creative ways for keeping books and reading valuable sources of knowledge and creativity. This day of professional-development workshops will help educators, teachers, and administrators incorporate literature into existing curricula and programs to further explore cultures, history, and social studies. Click here to download conference flyer.

REGISTRATION
Group: $35 (2-5 people)
Professional Group: $30 (6+ people)
Individual: $50