This post features thoughts from TWP’s own Emily Boucher, a local artivist and teacher. She shares her thoughts below as someone who is navigating #CovidLearning from her perspective as a high school teacher, a social-media junkie, and a bleeding-heart empath watching education happen exclusively online.
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If there’s one thing the internet does well in quarantine, it’s humor.
Scrolling through social media lately, one does not have to go long without seeing a snarky but relatable joke about #QuarantineLife:
…But before we sign off, a quick word to every one of you out there: we at TWP want to extend our most sincere love and appreciation. We know how precious your time and attention is, and we are grateful you continue to choose to trust us. TWP has always and will always run on community, and so we know how hard all of you are working right now to keep yourselves and your people healthy, well, happy, and connected through this. Thank you to our healthcare workers, our first responders, our essential community workers, our community leaders, our RI artists, and our incredibly kickass Rhode Island network of volunteers and supporters. We are a tiny state full of mighty power! Keep it up with “the #knockitoff,” Rhode Island! 😉

Amazingly straightforward advice about discussion & play:
Alana DiMario (Rhode Island NOW)

Emotional intelligence wisdom in these high-key days of #ForcedTogetherness:
Charlotte Apricot (TWP)

5 things we can focus on to help us harvest hope within our selves and our situations.
Rev. Dr. Cari Jackson (Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice)
Fried from being a dodgy DIY Miss Frizzle?
Find resources for doing school at home in the age of #CovidLearning:
Janie Segui Rodriguez (PLEE)
Support our LGBTQI+ youth!
Specific resource to have and share:
Hannah Selwyn (COLOR)
DIY gym class (without the annoying whistle & clipboard!)
Ways to think of movement as medicine for our bodies and souls:
Dr. Kelly Joy Valignota
Need guilt free kid entertainment? Consider games!
Suggestions that incorporate important learning skills:
Denise Arnold (Simply English, launching soon)