Andover Bread Loaf
Andover Bread Loaf’s mission is to promote literacy and educational revitalization through the lens of social justice in the most under-resourced communities and school systems around the world, particularly in US urban communities and public schools.
Through multi-modal literacies, ABL collaborates with youth and adults to support grassroots, democratic, social action movements that enable them to transform themselves, their communities, and their educational systems.
At the heart of ABL is the Writing Leader program. ABL Writing Leaders are youth, trained in democratic pedagogies who work with other youth leaders to create, staff, and lead workshops and programs. The Writing Leaders are powerful educators and community activists, inspiring other youth and adults to love writing and to use it as a form of self-expression and community transformation.
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If you have questions about making a gift to Andover Bread Loaf, please contact Beth Parsons at 978-749-4523.
Teaching Honor for ABL Director
Read an article about Lou Bernieri, recognized by Honored.org as their August 2019 outstanding educator. "Mr. Bernieri was monumental in helping me to discover my voice ... he changed the way I thought about myself, my community, and my education."
Spring 2019 Newsletter
Read the full PDF.
Ford Foundation Next Generation Leadership program
Networked Youth In the Public Square. Read the Executive Summary.
Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence
Read an article about the Winter 2019 Art and Writing program, which sprang as a creative response to the Essex Art Center's art exhibit celebrating the Lawrence crow roost.
Bread Loaf Teacher Network Journal
The first ABL program was launched 28 years ago in Lawrence, Massachusetts. This successful literacy education program is now the anchor for ABL—and the model for similar initiatives in other cities across the country and around the world.