Dream Flag Installation at Philadelphia International Airport!
10/30/08

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On Monday, November 17th, an exhibition of Dream Flags at the Philadelphia International Airport will open. It will run for sixth months and is free, open to the public, and does not require going through airport security. Sixty-four framed Dream Flags will be exhibited, created by students from Louisiana, New Jersey, Oregon, Florida, California, New York, Texas, Maryland, Delaware and from sixteen Philadelphia area schools. The exhibit is organized by Leah Douglas, Director of Art in the Airport, in collaboration with Sandy Crow of The Dream Flag Project.
Opening Video (2.5 min. Quicktime)
 (11/17/08)

Dream Flag Message Spreads to Nepal . . .
10/30/08

Professor Sienna Craig presents a Dream Flag T-shirt to Gyaso Bista, noted Nepalese healer. (click for enlargement)

On a trek in Napal this past summer, Philadelphia composer (and longtime friend of The Dreamflag Project) Andrea Clearfield shared The Dream Flag Project with Dartmouth professor of anthropology Sienna Craig. Professor Craig's longstanding connections in Nepal and interest in The Dream Flag Project has led to discussions about possible collaboration with schools in Kathmandu. There will also be a Philadelphia fundraising event to support these schools in March. We'll keep you posted and hope our dreams cross the ocean!

2009 Dream Flag Invitation Download Here!
10/10/08
Help make the Dream Flag Project connect! Here's a download (pdf) invitation to join the 2008-09 Dream Flag Project. Prints well in b&w or color. Where to leave them? In the hands of dreamers! Also at libraries, museums, coffee shops, and anywhere you think interested teachers may discover.
2008-09 Dream Flags Flyer (pdf)
International Dream Flag Flyer (pdf)

Regional Dream Flag Organization in San Francisco Area Starts!
9/23/08
Kiki Davis, Diversity and Inclusion Specialist of Marin Country Day School, is heading up a newly organized San Francisco Bay Area Regional Dream Flags Project. The idea is to find and organize area Dream Flag schools to share poetry and flags at a regional event next April. Each year in Philadelphia, we connect about 35 schools and 2,000 flags. Why not elsewhere too?
San Francisco area schools can contact Kiki at kdavis@mcds.org or 415-945-5135. Also, area schools can download this flyer:
Bay Area Dream Flags Flyer (pdf)
 

Philadelphia Regional Dream Flag Celebration Date Set for 2009!
9/23/08
We've confirmed with the Kimmel Center that Saturday, April 18, will be our date for the Philadelphia regional Dream Flag Celebration. It's a week after Easter and after the end of Passover, so we're in the clear for holidays!

Dream Flag Come True in Honduras
9/10/08 The Jungle School

Last year, The Jungle School in La Ceiba, Honduras participated in The Dream Flag Project thanks to the sponsorship of the school Project Learn in Philadelphia and parent Eve Horowitz. 

Recently, Eve reported that Luzmila, a student at the Jungle School whose family lives in a one-room hut with a dirt floor, is on the way to having her Dream Flag dream of getting an education come true. Because of Eve's work and the work of Dan, a Candian volunteer at The Jungle School, Luzmila now can attend English classes in LaCeiba on Saturdays, and the local Rotary Club where Dan lives in Canada is working on funding to sponsor Luzmila at university in Canada when she graduates form "colegio" (high school).  Dan will return to LaCeiba in February to help Luzmila with her English and prepare for her exams.

Thank you, dreamers!

The Jungle School Web Site
YouTube Video of The Jungle School

International Reading Association Teachers Make Dream Flags in Atlanta.
5/12/08 Gallery of Flags from Atlanta Conference
Last week in Atlanta, more than 13,000 teachers gathered for the annual International Reading Association convention. Mary Pat McFarland, Sandy Crow, and Jeff Harlan were presenters there with a Dream Flags workshop. More than 160 attendees participated in the workshop on May 6th. They learned about the work of Dream Flag teachers everywhere and made their own flags. (With a full room of 160, the flags were a challenge to paint!) The dreams and ideas flew, and we hope that many more dreamers will join us in 2008-09.
Gallery of Flags from Atlanta Conference

Video Highlights of 2008 Philadelphia Dream Flag Celebration (5 Minutes)4/25/08
On April 19th, representative poets, friends and families  from more than 25 regional schools gathered to celebrate the dreams from all across The 2008 Dream Flag Project. As a result of this truly joint effort, we heard more than 50 dream poems and connected more than 2,500 flags around the balconies of the Kimmel Center. Our special guest, Marjol Hughes of the Langston Hughes family, and a citation from Philadelphia's City Council added even more sparkle to the day, along with school exhibitions, a poetry open mike before the celebration, and help from 40+ event staff members. It was a beautiful celebration of spirit, hope, and working together. (More photos and details coming.)

Hughes Family Member Special Guest at Philadelphia  Dream Flag Celebration and Featured Speaker at John Wister.
4/1/08
On April 19 this year, students will read Dream Flag poems to the hundreds of students, parents, and friends gathered at the Kimmel Center and to a member of Langston Hughes's family. Marjol Collet will be our special guest. She will be flying in from her home in Gary Indiana, thanks to a grant provided by Children Can Shape the Future. Ms. Collet is the founder of the Langston Hughes Family Museum in Gary, and her mother, Margrett Ann Duncan, was a cousin of Langston Hughes. She will also be the speaker at an assembly to be held at John Wister Elementary in Philadelphia on Friday, April 18th at 1:00. Any schools interested in bringing students to this even on Friday should contact Jeff or Sandy at dreamflags@agnesirwin.org. Help us welcome Ms. Collet!

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