After being approached by a student, Dr. Seth Holm of The Hun School in Princeton helped set up a virtual English language course for girls in Afghanistan. For many, this class is their only safe space to connect and learn. Under Taliban rule, education for women is often banned. Even accessing this course remotely can put their lives and their families at risk, but it’s one the Afghan women are willing to take. Three weeks into the class, one student said to Dr. Holm, “Please don’t leave us.” His response: “I never will.”
NJ teacher offers English classes to Afghan girls under Taliban occupation
Interview with Seth Holm from the Hun School in Princeton
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An Emmy award-winning journalist, Briana Vannozzi serves as the anchor for NJ Spotlight News, the newsroom of NJ PBS. She's worked in several capacities since joining the news division in 2012, as interim anchor and senior correspondent after years of general assignment reporting as a multimedia journalist. Vannozzi began her television journalism career by cutting her teeth on New Jersey State House politics for New Jersey Network News, and later as a news radio correspondent at FM News 101.9 covering crime and politics in New York City. Her work has taken her to national presidential nominating conventions, Capitol Hill, up and down the East Coast and every corner of the Garden State. She's interviewed every New Jersey governor dating back to Jon Corzine and moderated numerous political debates and forums. Her work has also earned awards from the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists and the Philadelphia Press Association. A Burlington County native, she's honored to be serving and covering her home state and raising her family there.