Between 1994-2016, WritersCorps placed professional writers in community settings to teach creative writing to youth. WritersCorps was a joint project of the San Francisco Arts Commission and San Francisco Public Library. Please click here for more information: www.sfartscommission.org
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Posters featuring poems by some of our youth in our @collegetrack workshop are up on T-line MUNI platforms starting at Evans. We're so excited! #bayview #muni #sfmuni #writerscorps #poemsonpublictransit
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We've just launched a fundraising campaign to print and send creative writing journals to incarcerated youth across the country. Find out more about how our students inspired us to create this journal and how you can help at writerscorps.org #writers #artsed
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Fave simile of the day! From last year's Mission anthology "The True Lie"
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A little love for teachers and students today. Thanks for the great writing prompt, Teachers and Writers. Happy Valentine's Day!
Dear Young Teacher Down the Hall,
I saw you as you rushed passed me in the lunch room. Urgent. In a hurry to catch a bite before the final bell would ring calling all the students back inside. I noticed that your eyes showed tension. There were faint creases in your forehead. And I asked you…
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Visiting our friends at @collegetrack today, making big plans! Love hanging out in their space. (at College Track SF)
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Former WriterCorps teaching Artist Ishle Yi Park and former WC student Lateefah Simon #tbt
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Former WriterCorps teaching Artist Ishle Yi Park and former WC student Lateefah Simon #tbt
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Join us after school at the @sfpubliclibrary Main Library on Tuesdays at 4 pm where we write & make stuff. Here is a diagram of something we were building in the fall. Regram from @rosejosephinetully #creativewriting #afterschool #sanfrancisco
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It's not too early or late to start dreaming for 2014! Write your hopes, draw them, or make a hope chest box like this WritersCorps student did!
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Talk about a place that makes people happy! If you haven't visited this gem, check it out! We not only bought art, but we got to meet the artists!!
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Our teaching artists had an inspiring visit at Creativity Explored today. #teachingartists #art #makeart (at Creativity Explored)
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Training day for our teaching artists at the @exploratorium! Thank you for having us! #sanfrancisco #writers #teachingartists #teachersneverstopworking (at Exploratorium)
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Meeting with our friends at @jewseum today to plan a reading for February!
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Check out our online store for books, cards, and other gifts for the bookworm in your life. writerscorps.org
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Masterpieces made by our Make/Do students! Writers AND visual artists!
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
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Our student Kaly giving a powerful speech about the impact Oasis For Girls has had on her ability to speak up for herself. Photo by Kien Nguyen.
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