Mosaic Literary Conference

The Mosaic Literary Conference presents creative ways for keeping books and reading valuable sources of knowledge and creativity. This day of professional-development workshops will help educators incorporate literature into existing curricula to further explore course work focused on cultures, history, and social studies.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The Mosaic Literary Conference provides a platform for literature-based creative thinking and knowledge sharing. Each year we invite educators to participate.MLC invites proposals for workshops focused on the literary arts, literacy, and reading comprehension, and how educators and parents can incorporate these subjects to increase the adoption of reading as a tool for understanding of culture, history, and social studies.

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MLC 2010 Conference
November 5 & 6, 2010
Last year we celebrated the 85th anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X and the 45 anniversary of the publishing of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

Hostos Community College
450 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451

Friday 11/5, 6-8pm
Film Screening and Q&A
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun
presented by African Voices magazine

Saturday 11/6, 9am-3pm
10-11:15
Teaching The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Literature: Haley and Shabazz in the Tradition of African American Narratives
Exposing Children to Multicultural Text Through the Literature and Arts of India

11:30-12:45
Hip Hop Studies
Publishing a Literary Magazine to Spark Budding Readers and Writers

1:15-2:30
Malcolm X Through the Eyes of New Technology
Creating Dialogue: Using Plays as Tools to Initiate Conversation