Upcoming DC WritersCorp Events

Friday, August 10, 7:00 PM
Anacostia Museum, 1901 Fort Place, SE
Washington, DC 20020

For Poets and Poetry Lovers of Every Shape and Size!

For the 2nd year, DC WritersCorps will lead a poetry slam and open mic poetry session as part of the Anacostia Museum’s summer programming. The readings lead by Isaac Colon and Kenny Carroll are open to youth and adults and will feature other young poets from DC WritersCorps.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information call 202 633-4866

This event will be repeated on Friday, August 24, 2007 at 7:00 PM

DC WritersCorps History and Mission:


Overview:
DC WritersCorps has offered community writing workshops and literacy programs to at-risk and underserved residents in Washington, DC since 1994. In that time we’ve served over 10,000 residents, employed over 150 writers, and partnered with 100 community sites. DC WritersCorps sends accomplished writers into DC public middle/junior high schools to serve over 500 teens a year. We are a 501(C)3 organization.

Mission:
To use literature, media, performance and the teaching of creative writing to help youth change their orientation towards reading and writing and to strengthen basic literacy skills. Through artistic development, we provide hands on work experience and leadership skills to prepare youth for academic and lifelong success.

To find out how to participate in DC WritersCorps programs or how to support our operations, go to www.dcwriterscorps.org