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Therapy Through Writing: Herstory Writers Workshop, Nicole Guillet, Paola Guzman
Therapy Through Writing: Herstory Writers Workshop, Nicole Guillet, Paola Guzman
Post & Beyond
This semester we have had the privilege of getting involved in the Herstory
Writers Workshop, which is a civic engagement internship prevalent across
many colleges and Universities on Long Island. Herstory’s mission statement
advertises that we “bring unheard voices into the public arena, transforming
lived experiences into written memoirs powerful enough to change hearts,
minds and policy.” Our program here at LIU Post partners Pioneer
students with high school students from Westbury High School, who come
together right here at LIU every Thursday to share and listen to each other’s
stories. Through writing our own personal narratives we highlight social …