The UCLA Writing Project invites you to the 34th annual With Different Eyes Conference, November 2, 2024. We focus on access and equity for all students, with our multilingual and multicultural students center-stage, including newcomers, students approaching advanced literacy, and speakers of African American English and indigenous languages. We attend to a spectrum of social justice issues—connected to matters of race and gender, environment, media. Given we are the Writing Project, we love to demonstrate how writing empowers all students, up and down the grade levels and across content areas.
Our conference theme this year: The Power of Words, The Strength of Story. Many students don’t think they have any stories to tell. We know otherwise. How do we as teachers encourage students to speak and write their own, everyday stories? And help them realize the stunning impact their words carry?
