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Millions of Children, Parents, and Educators to Participate in Crayola Creativity Week Global Event Celebrating Children's Creative Thinking

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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EASTON, Pa., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Crayola Education is thrilled to launch its third annual Crayola Creativity Week to provide parents and educators with the tools they need to nurture young children's minds and inspire them to let their originality shine. Taking place virtually from Jan. 22-Jan. 28, this celebratory worldwide event is an exciting week-long program designed to spotlight children's creativity and the joy it brings to teaching and learning any subject.

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  • Creativity Week is a free program that puts the spotlight on how Creativity Connects Us, bringing millions of children together globally across 6 continents and 77 countries.
  • "Crayola Creativity Week rests at the heart of Crayola's mission by nurturing creativity in the classrooms and homes and helping engage kids with hands-on learning across key subjects," said Victoria Lozano, Executive Vice President, Marketing at Crayola.
  • "Crayola Creativity Week is a seven-day celebration that shows children they can have fun with learning through creativity," said Crystal Hopkins, School Librarian at Three Peaks Elementary in Cedar City, UT, who is a past participant of Crayola Creativity Week.
  • Crayola partners with artists, actors, authors, astronauts, musicians, entrepreneurs, and athletes who are passionate about inspiring, engaging and supporting children's education.

African Poetry Book Fund Awarded Poetry Foundation Grant

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
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LINCOLN, Neb., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Poetry Foundation has awarded a $343,750 grant to the African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) to fund a research study of African poetry book distribution.

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  • LINCOLN, Neb., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Poetry Foundation has awarded a $343,750 grant to the African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) to fund a research study of African poetry book distribution.
  • Sillerman, the APBF since has been awarded grants from the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Academy of American Poets.
  • The Poetry Foundation granted the African Poetry Book Fund $343,750 to study poetry book distribution in Africa.
  • The African Poetry Book Distribution Project seeks to better understand the state of poetry book distribution in the African continent.

"The Third Mrs. Galway" Chronicles the Anti-Slavery Movement in Upstate New York in Riveting Detail

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021
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The novel is the culmination of twelve years of research by first-time author Deirdre Sinnott, a native of Utica where the novel is set.

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  • The novel is the culmination of twelve years of research by first-time author Deirdre Sinnott, a native of Utica where the novel is set.
  • Set in 1835, the novel traces pivotal true events including the anti-abolition riot that sought to thwart the founding of the New York State Anti-Slavery Society.
  • Deirdre Sinnott, a native of Utica, NY and a lifelong civil rights activist, has dedicated her life to fighting institutionalized racism.
  • Sinnott has been a historical consultant for the National Parks Service's survey of Oneida County New York's Underground Railroad sites.