Queens Gettin' Lit!

Queens Gettin’ Lit! (QGL!) is a literacy based intervention curricular program. The program is purposed to inspire and motivate a community of future Queens by facilitating activities that develop cultural heritage identity, knowledge and appreciation, along with agency through literature, dialogue, and positive interactions with their peers and women of color.  Students in the program get an opportunity to engage in reading comprehension and writing skills through planned activities. As the program title states, students involved are empowered to see themselves as Queens through their increased reading comprehension, vocabulary, and general learning of literacy. i.e. Lit. The term “lit” also serves a dual purpose. While the term “lit” is short for the word “literacy”, “lit” in popular culture also means: popular, hot, and the best.