WritersCorps
WritersCorps, a project of the San Francisco Arts Commission, works to transform and strengthen individuals and communities through the written and spoken word.
WritersCorps hires experienced teachers who are published poets, fiction writers, and performers. These writers-in-service work long-term and in-depth in communities to build lasting relationships and to provide positive role models for young people. In addition to teaching creative writing, the WritersCorps work together as a team producing special projects and supporting each other as resources in the field of community arts.
We serve youth-in-need: aged 6-21, primarily low-income, incarcerated, immigrant, homeless, or educationally disadvantaged. WritersCorps conducts workshops in public schools, community centers, detention facilities, after school programs, and in low-income housing.
WritersCorps classes exercise the imagination and allow young people to expand their possibilities, improve their critical thinking, and become more self-aware.
Through events and publications, WritersCorps represents youth in all their potential, power, and vulnerability. We create forums for youth to be heard and provide a positive public awareness bringing adults and young people from all experiences together.
Sites selected to host a WritersCorps teacher receive valuable teaching and mentoring services, as well as long-term, quality literary arts programming.
WritersCorps publishes an annual anthology of youth writing and produces writing contests and performances at community venues.
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