Thanks to everyone who came out to our Claim the Block reading at MoAD, featuring students from Downtown High School and Ida B. Wells High School. It was great to see so much support from the WritersCorps fam! Here are some photos from the event. Many thanks to Michele Kraus for taking them.
Writers Corps. Claim the Block from New America Media on Vimeo.
Check out this interview by YO! Youth Outlook with WritersCorps teaching artist Neelanjana Banerjee and her students. It was filmed at our Claim the Block reading at MoAD last Saturday, which featured our students from Ida B. Wells High School and Downtown High School. The students talk about their poems and why writing is important. Catch our next Claim the Block event at the Contemporary Jewish Museum on March 11.
WritersCorps joins forces with 4 museums to present Claim the Block, readings by young writers who are connecting to their city and its art.
Join us this spring at MoAD, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Zeum and YBCA for events featuring youth from WritersCorps and the museums. All events are free or low-cost.
WritersCorps and the San Francisco Public Library are teaming up to offer a new workshop at Mission Branch Library. Do you like to read stories about young people dealing with life in the ghettos and barrios of urban America? Have you ever thought about writing your own urban fiction story? In this workshop we will learn from our favorite urban fiction stories and write our own.
When: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, January through May, 6 -7 pm
Workshop Dates: January 12, January 26, February 9, February 23, March 9, March 23, April 13, April 27, May 5
Who: Open to tweens and teens, ages 14 to 22
Where: Mission Branch Library
300 Bartlett Street at 24th Street, San Francisco
Cost: All programs at the Library are free!
How to Sign Up: For more information or to register, contact 415.355.5738 or ntermini [at] sfpl [dot] org
WritersCorps is now at Ingleside Library! We’re co-sponsoroing at media writing workshops for teens starting this month! The monthly writing workshops will run from January to April 2010.
Explore how to write in new, fun ways with different media: YouTube videos, still photos, pop music, and more.
Who: Open to ages 12 to 22. Bring your friends!
Where: Ingleside Branch Library
1298 Ocean Ave (at Plymouth), San Francisco
Cost: All programs at the Library are free!
How to Sign Up: For more information, visit the Ingleside Library or call 415-355-2898.
