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Adverse
Pregnancy Outcomes Reporting System (APORS) Case Management Services
Beauty and Barber Shops Health Initiative
Career Ladders
Chicago
Partnership for Health Promotion
Community
Technology Center: Computer Training Courses at Instituto del
Progreso Latino
Community Technology Center: North Lawndale Community News
Community Technology Center: North Lawndale Employment Network
intimate portraits
New Directions
Pilsen Community Futures
Preserving Latino Urban Leaders
REACH
2010/Lawndale Health Promotion Project
School-Based
Health Centers
Sustained
involvement/technical support for previously established
community/technology centers
Teen
REACH
UICNI Community Mental Health Program Student Therapeutic and Resource Services Program (STARS)
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Program
Description
The intimate portraits project, a literacy initiative of the UIC Neighborhoods Initiative, is based on the work of Professor Hal Adams and his work with the UIC College of Education’s Community Writing Project, where writing workshops were held for “people who do not ordinarily consider themselves to be writers, and publishes their reflections on everyday life in the magazine Real Conditions.” In a similar vein, and in consultation with Hal Adams, the intimate portraits project seeks to provide a literary space for community residents to express their voices - thoughts, feelings, and experiences - in writing. During these sessions, conversations and reflections revolved around issues the parents were facing in the community, personal experiences, and other topics as they were raised by the authors. As the parents were encouraged to put their thoughts on paper, workshops were held on learning writing strategies such as how to begin writing letters, personal journaling, and literary devices to help the authors discover the various ways one can express one’s thoughts.
Contact
Chang Lee
312.996.4617
clee10@uic.edu
Program Dates
2004-Present
UIC Partners
Mile Square Health Center
Funding Source
UIC Neighborhoods Initiative
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