![In case you are the rare person I haven’t told, I stopped being so post-MFA angst-y since I started volunteering with this sweet little program.
Capitol Letters Writing Center (it’s a pun!) teaches kids all over DC how to write creatively. I’ve taught a workshop on zine making (a la Elizabeth Anne Moore) and now I’m working on the first student publication project with seniors at Cardozo High School. The students get to work directly with pretty-big-deal published authors and editors, and by the end of the school year they’ll put out a professionally edited, designed, and bound anthology about “The Hidden DC”.
The Northwest Current just wrote a story about the project (see the corresponding picture of the back of my head above). My friend is quoted here:
“Their job is to be reporters of their own experience,” said Mike Scalise, Capitol Letters’ liaison with Cardozo and an English instructor at the University of Maryland. “We want them to focus on the quality; we want them to focus on what they know [so] they’re able to write with authority.”
Touching, no?
Right now we’re pretty small, with only 50 volunteers, no paid staff, and a tiny balance in our bank account.
So…
We’re doing an end-of-the-year campaign to raise funds for a new facility and I’ve been challenged to raise at least $500 by New Years. So, if you like me, and you think this organization sounds all right, c’mon over and donate something. Anything.
I’ll sweeten the deal: if you donate I will write a haiku just for you. Yes, that’s right. Not only will you get to feel good about yourself, you’ll also get a haiku. Just shoot me an email with your address after you donate and you’ll be reading sweet ancient Japanese poetry in no time.](http://3.media.tumblr.com/G6Nbcw7JyghnjnzsAzp3mu6eo1_400.jpg)
In case you are the rare person I haven’t told, I stopped being so post-MFA angst-y since I started volunteering with this sweet little program.
Capitol Letters Writing Center (it’s a pun!) teaches kids all over DC how to write creatively. I’ve taught a workshop on zine making (a la Elizabeth Anne Moore) and now I’m working on the first student publication project with seniors at Cardozo High School. The students get to work directly with pretty-big-deal published authors and editors, and by the end of the school year they’ll put out a professionally edited, designed, and bound anthology about “The Hidden DC”.
The Northwest Current just wrote a story about the project (see the corresponding picture of the back of my head above). My friend is quoted here:
“Their job is to be reporters of their own experience,” said Mike Scalise, Capitol Letters’ liaison with Cardozo and an English instructor at the University of Maryland. “We want them to focus on the quality; we want them to focus on what they know [so] they’re able to write with authority.”
Touching, no?
Right now we’re pretty small, with only 50 volunteers, no paid staff, and a tiny balance in our bank account.
So…
We’re doing an end-of-the-year campaign to raise funds for a new facility and I’ve been challenged to raise at least $500 by New Years. So, if you like me, and you think this organization sounds all right, c’mon over and donate something. Anything.
I’ll sweeten the deal: if you donate I will write a haiku just for you. Yes, that’s right. Not only will you get to feel good about yourself, you’ll also get a haiku. Just shoot me an email with your address after you donate and you’ll be reading sweet ancient Japanese poetry in no time.
