{"id":5220,"date":"2021-07-01T15:11:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T19:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/?p=5220"},"modified":"2021-07-08T16:16:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T20:16:20","slug":"hps-literacy-pop-up-brings-delivers-culture-to-hamtramck-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yemeniamerican.com\/en\/hps-literacy-pop-up-brings-delivers-culture-to-hamtramck-community\/","title":{"rendered":"HPS Literacy Pop-ups Deliver Culture to Hamtramck Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Simon Albaugh \u2013 Yemeni American News<\/p>\n

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. \u2013 Over the summer, Hamtramck Public School District will be organizing a series of cultural literacy events meant to highlight art and expression in and around Metro Detroit. These Pop-Ups are meant to help children engage with literacy before schools return to in-person learning.<\/p>\n

The second event in the Pop-Up series, held yesterday at Pulaski Park, showcased jazz musicians, spoken word poetry, African Drum Storytelling and even high-rise stilt walkers. These performances, and their cultural significance, were deliberately chosen for their engagement with cultural literacy, explains HPS officials involved with the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live together, we learn together, and we learn from each other,\u201d said Holly Gilbert, a K-3 Literacy Coach. \u201cYes, reading may seem hard from an instructional point, but when we\u2019re deliberate this way, there is something for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Madeline Porter, Program Director for the Summer Pop-Up Series, is a staunch supporter for the Arts and Arts Education. Her goal as an educator is to allow students to use the arts to engage with the world around them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis program is designed to bring students back into the fold [after COVID],\u201d Porter said. \u201cTo help them to get an education, it\u2019s important for us to educate in any way we can. And I\u2019m so passionate about that. So that is my stance on the arts and education through the arts. That\u2019s what this program is all about \u2013 to educate and teach and reach every child no matter where they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Joel Fluent Greene, a local Spoken-Word Poet, performed his poems at the HPS Literacy Pop-Up<\/em><\/p>\n

However, officials involved with the program believe that this program has a larger power than just providing children with a sense of cultural literacy. In addition, officials believe the Pop-Up series can be a community-building tool to connect people with a broader sense of community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a community building program, and education should build those ties,\u201d Porter said. \u201cWe all have to come together. Even in Hamtramck, we have segregated little enclaves of communities. This is one place, and the school is one place in the community. We need to have more events where all cultures come together, and we can all come together as one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carol Ann Paul, an Educational Improvement Consultant with Wayne RESA, says that the original goal was to bring members of the community together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking to connect the city with the skills, but also encompass that larger goal of literacy,\u201d Paul said. \u201cSo that\u2019s our ultimate goal. We really wanted to get the community involved and make sure that we came to them. It\u2019s not about them coming to Hamtramck Public Schools. It\u2019s about us getting out into the community and bringing them in through all these fun activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The organizers of the event believe in the arts as one of the most powerful means of expression. In a political climate that can oftentimes be hostile to art and expression, the act of passing along an arts education is a powerful assignment to the organizers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a political platform, whether people know it or not, it is that platform,\u201d Porter said. \u201cI use the arts to speak up and speak out. And this is an opportunity to show our youth, to show the community, how they can use the arts to speak out through art, through music, through poetry, through prose \u2013 through every way you can produce it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamtramck Public Schools will hold two more summer Pop-Ups \u2013 one on July 21 at the HPS Community Center, and another on July 28 at Pulaski Park again. Students attending these Pop-Ups will receive a free backpack filled with books, a writing journal, and math learning supplies.<\/p>\n

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