BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 RDATE:20200308T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 RDATE:20201101T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200220T150000 LOCATION:McMenamin's Kennedy School\, 5736 NE 33rd Ave\, Portland SUMMARY:Renewal Day for Educators with Matt De La Peña DESCRIPTION:We schedule the Oregon Writing Project Renewal Day in Februar y when the days are short and sometimes grey and wind-whipped. Our day-lo ng winter writing holiday reminds us of our "true north" mantra—writing teachers write. \;The Oregon Writing Project invites you to our annu al full-day writing workshop featuring author\, Matt De La Peña. Come re connect with your OWP community in a celebration of what brought us to th is work in the beginning—a love of words. Event DetailsDate: \;Thu rsday\, February 20\, 2020\, \; 9 a.m-3 p.m. (coffee &\; tea at 8: 30 a.m.)Registration: \;Early bird fee of $35\, \;by Tuesday Febr uary 11\, $40 after. Includes morning beverage and lunch. \;Registrat ion now closed. About Matt De La Peña Matt de la Peña is the New York Times Bestselling\, Newbery Medal-winning author of seven young adult no vels (including Mexican WhiteBoy\, We Were Here\, and Superman: Dawnbreak er) and five picture books (including Love and Last Stop on Market Street ). In 2016 he was awarded the NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award. Matt recei ved his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his B A from the University of the Pacific where he attended school on a full b asketball scholarship. In 2019 Matt was given an honorary doctorate from UOP. de la Peña currently lives in Brooklyn NY. He teaches creative writ ing and visits schools and colleges throughout the country. *The New Yor k Times followed Matt into Tucson High School after his book was banned f rom the curriculum (along with the work of several other Hispanic authors ). Read article here (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/education/racial- lens-used-to-cull-curriculum-in-arizona.html?pagewanted=all&\;_r=1& \;). *Matt shares his views on the saving powers of literacy and creativ ity in an NPR essay. Read essay here (http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch /2013/11/11/243960103/a-reluctant-reader-turns-ya-author-for-tough-teens) .Learn more (https://mattdelapena.com/)New workshops and trainings are ad ded to our calendar regularly. For the latest on professional development related to your specific interests\, sign up for our mailing list! (http s://lclark.tfaforms.net/4735441) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
We schedule the Oregon Writing Project Renewal Day in February when the days are short and sometimes grey and wind-whipped. Our day-long winter writing holiday reminds us of our "true north" mantr a—writing teachers write. \;
The Oregon Writing Project invites you to our annual full- day writing workshop featuring author\, Matt De La Peña. Come reconnect with your OWP community in a celebration of what brought us to this work in the beginning—a love of words.
Date: \;Thursday\, February 20\, 2020\,&#
160\; 9 a.m-3 p.m. (coffee &\; tea at 8:30 a.m.)
Registra
tion: \;Early bird fee of $35\, \;by Tuesday February 11
\, $40 after. Includes morning beverage and lunch. \;Regi
stration now closed.
Matt de la Peña is the New York Times Bestsell ing\, Newbery Medal-winning author of seven young adult novels (including Mexican WhiteBoy\, We Were Here\, and Superman: Dawnbreaker) and five pi cture books (including Love and Last Stop on Market Street). In 2016 he w as awarded the NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award. Matt received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his BA from the Univ ersity of the Pacific where he attended school on a full basketball schol arship. In 2019 Matt was given an honorary doctorate from UOP. de la Peñ a currently lives in Brooklyn NY. He teaches creative writing and visits schools and colleges throughout the country.
*The New York Times followed Matt into Tucson High School after his book was banned from the curriculum (along with the work of several other Hispanic authors). Read article here.
*Matt shares h is views on the saving powers of literacy and creativity in an NPR essay. Read essay here.
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