The Sarah Lawrence College Theatre & Civic Engagement program, in partnership with the Yonkers Public Library, is pleased to present “Our Yonkers, Our Youth, Our Stories” – a virtual event series that explores essential youth programs in Yonkers, along with the amazing people who develop, create, and run them. The first production is scheduled for Sunday, February 14, 2021 at 6 p.m. and will highlight Sarah Lawrence alumnus Paul Kwame Johnson ‘74, co-founder of Youth Theater Interactions, a youth performing arts studio and education center in Yonkers. Alumna and Yonkers resident Annie Lanzillotto MFA ’90 – a poet and storyteller – will host the virtual event series.
“Our Yonkers, Our Youth, Our Stories explores the role of the seer, the doer, the visionary who makes a difference in our community by creating, leading, developing essential and innovative programming that involves youth,” said Allen Lang, director of the Sarah Lawrence College Theatre Civic Engagement program. “Our Yonkers Our Youth Our Stories is an opportunity to hear, to make connections, and to share our own stories.”
“Our Yonkers, Our Youth, Our Stories” is supported by the Mellon Foundation, which awarded Sarah Lawrence College a $1.2 million five-year grant in 2019 to advance and support civic engagement through the arts and humanities in Westchester County. The award is the largest programmatic grant in Sarah Lawrence history and seeks to cultivate collaboration across the many cultural hubs of Yonkers and Westchester County, like the Yonkers Public Library, the Hudson River Museum, Warburton, and Yonkers Public Schools.
Registration is available for Feb 14 through Eventbrite.
