Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Student Ambassador Elliot Pecora ('24) was interviewed by to discuss their June 24th workshop "Exploring Transgender Poetics with Elliot Pecora" at the Adirondack Center for Writing. Pecora also cohosted a public open mic where anyone could share up to 5 minutes of writing. The two events were part of the 2023 Tri-Lakes Pride Festival hosted by the Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance. Pecora's workshop and related events were supported by the Keith ‘11 and Joanna ‘13 Walters Artist-in-Residence Ambassadorship.
Pecora's ambassador project "Rural Transgender Poetics" asks "How might we use in-person and online poetry workshops alongside an online collection of written works to grow both community and self-expression for transgender people living in rural areas?" In addition to this summer's workshop at the ACW, Pecora also hosted a similar workshop for Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó students in the spring through the GOLD program and they will be offering at least one more workshop through the GOLD program in the fall.