National Writing Project 2010 Spring Meeting
Meredith Cass and Bailey Hill (l-r) represented the Maine Writing Project and Southern Maine Writing Project in Washington, DC this week during the National Writing Project’s annual meeting. The women met with and lobbied Maine’s four congressional representatives and urged continued support of direct funding to the National Writing Project. At this point, only Senator Snowe has not signed on in support as she has in the past. Meredith and Bailey had an opportunity to chat with MWP’s Tanya Baker, director of national programs for NWP (and photographer), attended banquets, and a keynote by Dr. Katherine Schultz, associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, director of the Philadelphia Writing Project, and author of the recently published book “Rethinking Classroom Participation: Listening to Silent Voices.” Besides roaming the halls of the Capitol, Meredith and Bailey visited the Library of Congress, toured the Mall, and chatted with many representatives of NWP’s 200 sites.