Jonathan Koshi and Jessica Hemerly
Recorded
April 11, 2015
Archived
April 11, 2015
41:17 minutes
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Id:
sfd001296
Description
Jonathan Koshi (39) talks with his wife Jess Hemerly (33) about volunteering with 826 Valencia to teach elementary school youth in San Francisco about creative writing.Subject Log / Time Code
K talks about what brought him to 826 Valencia to volunteer as a creative writing teacher
K talks about what is challenging in working with youth
K shares about what has him coming back to volunteer despite the challenges
K describes his connection with the kids he works with and how he draws for them
K talks about some of the drawing requests from students and about how it became a labor exchange
JH shares about how K's drawings have changed his connection with the students
K talks about how offering drawings to his students builds trust
K describes realizing he was a role model
JH and K describe how the kids reacted when they learned that they were married
K shares about what he has learned about himself through his volunteer work
Participants
- Jonathan Koshi
- Jessica Hemerly