Scribing: Intergenerational Memories, Lessons & Stories That Transcend Time

By Millennium Art Academy Students

Millennium Art Academy and R.A.I.N. Present:

Intergenerational Memories, Lessons, & Stories That Transcend Time 

Millennium Art Academy is a high school located in The Bronx, New York that offers a program called The Millennium Pearl Initiative, where two generations come together to tell a story about perspectiv

• Language: English
• Publisher: Robleswrites Productions Inc.
• Release date: Jun 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9798218017255

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Millennium Art Academy and R.A.I.N.

Present:

Intergenerational Memories, Lessons,

& Stories That Transcend Time

Millennium Art Academy and R.A.I.N.

Intergenerational Memories, Lessons,

& Stories That Transcend Time

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ISBN 979-8-218-01724-8

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Intro

Millennium Art Academy is a high school located in The Bronx, New York. It is a public school that is accessible to many children in the Bronx. Millennium Art Academy is an art school that allows kids to express themselves as well as their creativity. Millennium Art Academy first became a school in September 2003. This school features grades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and a special education program. There are approximately 100 students per grade, which amounts to roughly about 400 students schoolwide.

MAA offers a program called the Millennium Pearl Initiative, where two generations come together to tell a story about perspectives, experiences, and life throughout the years. This program helps students engage and participate in community-building activities to get a better understanding of others’ lives.

Thanks to our school administration, teachers, staff members, and our wonderful partners at R.A.I.N and Bronx Bound Books for making this experience possible. They have encouraged us to step out of our comfort zone and make powerful memories. We feel extremely fortunate to have made connections with our elders and to have had the privilege of telling another person’s story. In this book, you will read about the interviews we conducted and the lessons we learned in those moments we spent together with our elders.

~Students of the Millennium Pearl Initiative Program

Table of Contents

Let’s Start With Storytelling 10

In Our Words 17

Jovanny Valdez

Tells the story of Jannette Leonor 18

Bryan Martinez

Interviews Cecile Downer 19

Jonathan Erazo and Trinity Low

Interview Dolores White 21

Jovanny Valedez Ortiz and Jalene Serra

Interview Iris Negron 24

Ideanna Isaac Interviews

Kamoul Hussian 26

Ideanna Isaac Interviews

Marvin Sivak 28

Jewel Ferrer & Amari(Lance) Ellison

Interview Yvonne Terrell 30

Genesis Rosario Interviews

Zaida E. Resto 32

Maria Roman Dumen’s Story

As Told To Brianna Orejuela 33

Mary Arroyo’s Story As Told to

Matthew Pagán 35

Our Voices In The Here & Now

As Told Through Our I Am Poems 37

T

erry Calimese 38

Nathan Erazo 39

Jewel Angel 40

Mark Anthony Gonzalez Jr. 41

Niya Hinds 42

Ideanna Suzanna Isaac 43

Trinity Low 44

Bryan Martinez 45

Brianna Orejuela 46

Matthew Pagán 47

Leslei Penaisan 48

Anicia Perez 49

Arianna Pinckney 50

Yaliene Reyes 51

Jalene Serra 52

Jovanny Valdez 53

Isaiah Vazquez 54

Nyima Bonet 55

Genesis Rosario 56

Amari (Lance) Ellison 57

Outro

Initial Misconceptions 59

New Insights and Perspectives 65

Photos 76

Bios 88

Let’s Start With Storytelling

Question:

Why do you think it is so important

to engage in storytelling and tell the tale of other people?

Answers

Ideanna Isaac:

I think it is so important to engage in storytelling because not only are you broadcasting this person’s strength or message that they learned from life, but you’re also saying it to an audience who might relate to your experience and hearing a story someone can relate to gives a sense of encouragement and empowers other people.