On a recent Thursday afternoon, more than 20 young people filled the cafeteria at The Intersection, a First Ward youth center that hosts an after-school program for children and teenagers. At about 5:30 p.m., after dinner, most of the children headed for the Intersection’s auditorium for an hour of play.
Playing with words
After-school program at The Intersection exposes children in the First Ward to various creative writing techniques, sheds light on literacy issues
Monday, March 19, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 5:26 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 7, 2008
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