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Tag: writing workshop

Possibilities: Creative Aging through the Arts

November 19, 2017
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| Categories: aging, art, community, creative aging, Desi Senior Center, education, immigrant seniors

It’s India Independence Day, 2017,  and at the celebration being held at Queens Borough Hall in Queens, NY, the young announcer invites the next act to come up on stage. Ten women from India Home file in and start dancing, their bright white, orange and red saris billowing, their feet making dexterous patterns to the insistently upbeat music. The…

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Archive of Memory: Bangladeshi Seniors Document Their Stories in a Memoir Writing Workshop

May 30, 2017
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| Categories: AAPI, art, community, creative aging, Cultural Celebration, Desi Senior Center, Elected officials, immigrant seniors, Jamaica, Writing Workshop

By Ashwak Fardoush Ashwak Fardoush is a writer, writing coach and teaching artist, who recently facilitated the Writing Workshop for older adults at India Home’s Desi Senior Center.  The room buzzed with anticipation. The smell of cooked chickpeas and onion lentil fritters served to the guests still lingered in the air. Children’s cries rang out in the background….

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