Njengezimbongi, siyazi ukuthi okuhlangenwe nakho kwethu okuphilayo kubumba indlela esibhala ngayo nendlela esihamba ngayo emhlabeni nasemakilasini ethu. E-California Poets in the Schools, sifuna ukujulisa ubudlelwano bethu nokuzithuthukisa kwentsha ngokubhala. Ngokwenza kanjalo siyakwazi ukuhlakulela ukuxhumana, ukuqwashisa, nozwela ngenkathi sidala izindlela eziya ethembeni. Kulolu chungechunge lweworkshop esebenzisanayo, sizocubungula lezi zinzuzo ezibambekayo zokuzwa izinkondlo nabantu abasha ngokusebenzisa i-lens yobulungisa bezinhlanga. Ngokubambisana, sizokwabelana futhi sizijwayeze amathuluzi okubhala amasha okuzibandakanya nenhlangano yabafundi ehlukahlukene futhi sihlakulele umuzwa wokuba phakathi kwabafundi bethu kanye nomunye nomunye.

U-Aviva (Shannon) McClure wasungula i -Our Turn ngemva kweminyaka engu-20 yesipiliyoni njengothisha nomqondisi we-K-12. Ngokubona isidingo sezinhlangano zokwenza intuthuko ephelele ngoshintsho olushintshayo, i-Aviva iphinde isebenzisa isipiliyoni njengengcweti nesishoshovu ukuze yenze izinhlelo ezihehayo kanye nokuthuthukiswa kochwepheshe. Ngokubonisana, ukuhlola ukulingana, ukufundisa izivakashi, ukuhlanganisa ezobuciko, nokwakha ubudlelwano; I-Aviva ilwela ukuthunga izinhlelo “ezilingana kahle” neklayenti ngalinye. Ithuba lethu lihlose ukuvala igebe phakathi kokufunda komphakathi nemizwa, izifundiswa, nezindawo ezivulekile. Ngaphezu kokubambisana kwendawo kanye nokuhlala kwabaculi, i-Aviva ithuthukise izinhlelo zentsha emhlabeni wonke eCuba naseTanzania. https://www.ourturnpdx.com/

U-Emily Squires (yena & bona) ungumdidiyeli omhlophe futhi oyimpumputhe, iciko, kanye nomhleli. Ukugxilisa umphakathi, ubudlelwano, nokudala emsebenzini wabo, u-Emily usebenzele izinhlangano eziningi, okuhlanganisa i-City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Programme (PA), iSexual & Gender Minority Youth Resource Center (OR), kanye neCentre for Equity & Ukufakwa (OR). Ukwenza kwakhe kuhlanganisa imikhakha eminingi futhi kuphenya izindikimba ezifana nezwi, ukubamba iqhaza, uthando, nokuba khona. U-Emily uphinde enze ama-bagel, afunde izinganekwane zesayensi, abhale izinkondlo ezimbili ngosuku, kanye nabazali abakanye naye abantu ababili abancane kanye nenja ye-muppet.   https://www.emilysquires.com/