{"id":58587,"date":"2014-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/local-foster-teens-from-uris-first-star-academy-create-book-about-their-experiences-book-reading-jan-23-at-providences-books-on-the-square\/"},"modified":"2014-01-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T00:00:00","slug":"local-foster-teens-from-uris-first-star-academy-create-book-about-their-experiences-book-reading-jan-23-at-providences-books-on-the-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/01\/local-foster-teens-from-uris-first-star-academy-create-book-about-their-experiences-book-reading-jan-23-at-providences-books-on-the-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Local foster teens from 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s First Star Academy create book about their experiences; book reading Jan. 23 at Providence\u2019s Books on the Square"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKingston, R.I., Jan. 13, 2014 — Rhode Island students in the foster care system who attended the First Star Academy at the 溏心vlog免费B站 have written a book based on their foster care experience entitled Peek into My Pain: Reveal My Strength, which is available for purchase. <\/p>\n


\nPeek into My Pain was written by 22 teenage foster students participating in the 2012 First Star 溏心vlog免费B站 Academy, a college prep program for children in foster care held on the University\u2019s Kingston campus. Students participate in a variety of social, emotional and educational experiences during a four-week residential stay. Sandra Enos, associate professor of sociology at Bryant University, and Ariana Alicea, a former student and graduate of the foster care system, taught a three-week storytelling workshop at the academy in July 2012. The stories the students wrote were compelling, heartbreaking, and painful. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cOne of the students \u2013 O. Patrick in the book – when we asked him to tell his story, he said, \u2018I have a story to tell but I don\u2019t know why it would be important,\u2019 \u201d said Enos, a Peace Dale resident. \u201cThat question really echoed with me. I think these kids need to tell their story in a relatively safe way and to be confident that somebody is paying attention.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nMembers of the First Star Academy will celebrate the book\u2019s launch by reading stories from Peek into My Pain at a Jan. 23 reading at Books on the Square, 471 Angell St., Providence. The event starts at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be provided and signed copies of the book will be available for $17. Proceeds will benefit the students of the First Star 溏心vlog免费B站 Academy. The Academy\u2019s goal is to help the students graduate from high school and achieve success in higher education. <\/p>\n


\nThe Academy students selected the title for the self-published book and decided on the general design. Additional contributors were solicited from leaders in child welfare in the state under the general idea that \u201cit takes a village to raise a foster child; let\u2019s build that village.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\u201cI think it\u2019s important if you\u2019re going to be a citizen and a member of a community to be curious about what\u2019s going on and try not to leave any vulnerable populations invisible,\u201d said Enos. \u201cAnd you can be informed by hearing the voices of the invisible. It makes their voices more powerful and your education deeper.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nGenerous donations from Matt Cullina, CEO of Identity Theft 911, and the Sweet Fern Fund have underwritten the cost of producing the book. Please visit First Star Academy<\/a> for more information, or contact Academy Administration Director Merry Caswell at 401.874.2168 or at caswellm@cox.net<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kingston, R.I., Jan. 13, 2014 — Rhode Island students in the foster care system who attended the First Star Academy at the 溏心vlog免费B站 have written a book based on their foster care experience entitled Peek into My Pain: Reveal My Strength, which is available for purchase. Peek into My Pain was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}