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WritersCorps is an alliance of creative writing programs in three cities — San Francisco, the Bronx, and Washington, D.C. — with a mission to transform the lives of youth through the written word.

Since its inception in 1994, WritersCorps has helped more than 40,000 young people nationwide improve their literacy and self-sufficiency. With its award-winning publications and local and national events, the organization has become a national model in arts and literacy.


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Want to experience the common and everyday in uncommon ways? On June 2, come support local and emerging artists who are part of WritersCorps’ Apprentice Program. Four young women will be reading their writing and celebrating the launch of their poetry project website. More information here.

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Tell the World (Poetry)
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Description: A collection of poems by teens who have taken part in WritersCorps workshops. From Harper Collins, October 2008.
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date: June 16, 2009 06:30PM
location: Historical Society of Washington DC, 801 K Street N.W., Washington, DC, The United States
description: WritersCorps launches "Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sound" in Washington, D.C.

"Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds" is a collection of work -- both poetry and prose -- from the talented people who have formed the ranks of WritersCorps teachers.

Come to a book discussion and hear former WritersCorps teachers read their work and describe their experiences as they taught writing in prisons, halfway houses, shelter and schools, forging relationships with people from diverse ethnicities, ages and ba...more

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Rita Dove
“If our children are unable to voice what they mean, no one will know how they feel. If they can’t imagine a different world, they are stumbling through a darkness made all the more sinister by its lack of reference points. For a young person growing up in America’s alienated neighborhoods, there can be no greater empowerment than to dare to speak from the heart — and then to discover that one is not alone in ones feelings.”
Rita Dove




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