Humanitarian, activist, veteran Black Panther, professor, director, playwright, filmmaker, author, poet, screenwriter Jamal Joseph visited with students at Belmont yesterday. It was impossible not to feel moved by his brilliant storytelling, hard-won insight, and deep compassion. Two groups of placement students who have been studying the Black Panther Party for the last six weeks with their Social Studies, ELA, Art teachers and reading specialist, speech language pathologist and school librarian as part of an interdisciplinary collaborative unit participated in the program.
We are extremely grateful to Dr. Joseph for making the time to visit and to Dietrice Bolden for all of her assistance, and to Robert Galinsky for connecting us and Literacy for Incarcerated Teens for generously supporting the visit.–Jessica Fenster-Sparber
Dr. Joseph reads to students at Belmont from his memoir
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