Hope Blecher Ed.D.
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Hope Blecher, Ed.D. is an educator, author, artist, and community volunteer. Most recently, as an outgrowth of relocating to Sullivan County, NY, and her community volunteer projects, Hope founded Hope's Compass, a project through the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan Counties, cfos.org. The link to Hope's Compass is Hope’s Compass Fund | Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan (cfosny.org) Donations will enable Hope to bring the Daffodil Project and the Dove-Daffodil-Dash arts project to other communities and engage people from 3-83+. Also new, Dr. Barbara J. Smith and Hope collaborated on their new book, The Write to be Read: Informed Methods for Engaging Students as Writers, published by Rowman and Littlefield, Write to Be Read: Informed Methods for Engaging Students as Writers - 9781475873085 (rowman.com). Hope's 39 years of experiences in the classroom and in the administrative offices form the basis of her life's work, her perspective on volunteering, and her consulting. She remembers what it is like to work with students and that shines through in her preparations and the way the community projects are implemented. She looks forward to writing a children's book, perhaps in 2024. For now, she is broadening her work in the arts by writing poetry that she illustrates with collages, mixed media, and her photographs.
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What is Art?
"Art is here and there.
Art is everywhere.
Art is not blank.
Art is fulfilling.
Art is core." ...
Silence then Hope
"If this poem speaks to you, there is hope. For as long as a tree stands, there is hope. As long as there is life, there is hope." ...
Hope Torn Apart
"Since this historical date, what have you felt? How has your world changed? How has it stayed the same? How is it impacting you, as an employee, relative, and person?" ...
A Flicker of Hope
"I can hope. I can try. I will, I am, A flicker of Hope." ...
Ode to My Art Smock
"When I was younger, it would be a short-sleeved shirt, although the sleeves were to my wrists instead of my elbows." ...
For I Knew I’d Never Be Back
"What did you face? With no paper upon which to trace ... Your features, Your face, I can only stand here, Alone, Yet, not alone any longer. ..."
Recommitting to “Never Again”: Learning to Never Forget
"Holocaust denial and distortion are forms of disinformation that are not only antisemitic but also dangerous and harmful to society." ...
From Sweet Dessert to Desert
"The 30days30works prompt was to do something backwards. My backwards was starting with baking desserts for Passover before cooking the first course of a meal during which we gathered to tell the story of an exodus." ...