ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

12th Street is edited and published by students in the Riggio Honors Program: Writing and Democracy of the undergraduate Writing Program at The New School. We would like to thank Leonard and Louise Riggio, without whom this would not be possible. The gifts of both this essential program and the public platform for our voices are invaluable. We would also like to thank the members of the Advisory Board: Luis Jaramillo, Laura Cronk and Rene Steinke for their unwavering support and guidance, and a special thanks to our faculty advisor Emma Komlos-Hrobsky who leads us by example with positivity and professionalism. To Jeff Biehl for his immeasurable help and technical support. And thank you to the entire staff of the Writing Office, who have helped us at every turn in this process. A special thanks to Seth Graves for his expertise and generosity with copy editing, and an extra special thank you to Issue Managing Editor Jacquelyn Gallo, who designed and curated our first edition of Pages, an abridged print magazine of our online issue.

THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTORS ARE CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS IN THE RIGGIO HONORS PROGRAM: WRITING AND DEMOCRACY

Mel Ortiz, Casey Haymes, Mackenzie Burt, Juliana Broad, Jacquelyn Gallo, Ernesto Moreno, Tucker Newsome, Noura Kiridly, Greg Levine-Rozenvayn, Diana Angelo

Correspondence may be addressed to:

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