<p data-block-key="i9ypb"><b>Tiffany Troy, Stuy '14</b> visited Ms. Annie Thoms' Writing to Make Change classes to speak about her work as a poet and translator, and about lifting up the stories and languages of our communities in poetic form. She was my Ms. Thoms and Dr. Moore's many years ago. </p><p data-block-key="1pvbu">Troy is also the co-editor of the online poetry journal Matter, along with poet Darius Phelps. She invited students to join her as guest editors and contributors to the March issue of Matter. Students <b>Tafheem Ahrar, Ilora Bhattacharyya, Stanislaw Chadrys, Gavin Cheng, Emily Liu, Grace Ma, Samia Mimo, and Shayna Wilson</b> took her up on the offer, and the issue has just come out! It looks amazing, and is an extraordinary opportunity for authentic publication for our students. </p><p data-block-key="5u700"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmattermonthly.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7CRIngram3%40schools.nyc.gov%7C5951cd11fa9546bab7ec08de8c09adec%7C18492cb7ef45456185710c42e5f7ac07%7C0%7C0%7C639102171274424598%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3289JzjABE9G%2FpWEj8tKAofU4hNJvnBF6%2BckuNWxtSc%3D&reserved=0">Here's the link to </a><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmattermonthly.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7CRIngram3%40schools.nyc.gov%7C5951cd11fa9546bab7ec08de8c09adec%7C18492cb7ef45456185710c42e5f7ac07%7C0%7C0%7C639102171274452094%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UGKh2l5zPEckcdj5tG2bDxWi%2B7uPPM36YqXtnLDsNK0%3D&reserved=0"><i>Matter.</i></a> We hope you will find the students' work moving and inspiring!</p>
