{"product_id":"los-kid-quixotes-de-brooklyn-stephen-haff","title":"Los Kid Quixotes de Brooklyn;  Stephen Haff","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormed in 2010, Still Waters in a Storm, is an after-school program in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Run by Stephen Haff, a former public-school teacher, two dozen kids aged 5-17 meet six times a week to analyze classics like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, play the violin, write music, and study Latin. But Still Waters isn’t just any program. For these kids and their teacher, it is a refuge in their stormy lives. For the students, many of them living in constant fear of deportation, Still Waters is a secure community that uplifts their voices. For Haff, it was the sanctuary he fought to create after he returned to Brooklyn and teaching following a breakdown caused by bi-polar depression. Drawing from his experiences in education and theater and hoping to give students a creative outlet unavailable in the public-school system he left, Haff developed a new teaching method using AA group therapy, Quaker prayers, psychotherapy, and even Buddhist meditation circles to create a more empathetic and collaborative environment. In this fluid, welcoming space, Stephen and his students found solace and something else: their voices. All agreed that at Still Waters there would only be one rule: everyone listens to everyone. And this one rule has unlocked their incredible potential.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 2016, the student of Still Waters took on a new challenge. With the help of dictionaries and the approval of acclaimed Cervantes translator, Edith Grossman, they are translating episodes from the classic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e into English from Spanish. They have taken the essence of the Spanish tale—a story about a dreamer who never gives up— and molded it to share the story of their immigrant parents.  To speak up for their community, the children have gone a step further and adapted their translations into a modern travelling musical, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Traveling Adventures of Kid Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, which they have performed all over the East Coast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe star of Kid Quixote is six-year-old Sarah Sierra. Before Still Waters, Sarah was silent. But now she has many stories to tell, from her mother’s journey across the desert to America on a tiger to a girl-knight that defeats giants made of ice who lock up children. Sarah isn’t the only kid with a mighty tale. Talia cried at school because she can’t read but now she dreams of becoming a writer. Alex, a teenager, conquers her stage fright to deliver a song about accepting her sexuality to standing ovation. At Still Waters, these students, have found their voices and are using them to deliver a message of diversity, tolerance, love, optimism, and resilience essential to us all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeptember 15, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227091222850,"sku":"","price":7.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/kidquixot.jpg?v=1698353199","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/los-kid-quixotes-de-brooklyn-stephen-haff","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}