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Community Outreach Organizations
DC Writers' Corps
Hires writers to teach in community settings that range from recreation centers and libraries to homeless shelters and social service organizations. Runs extensive poetry clubs and poetry slams in DC middle schools. Kenneth Carroll, Director, 2437 15th St. NW, 3rd flr., DC 20009 (202) 332-5455.
Email to: dcwriterscorps@aol.comThe National Association for Poetry Therapy
Located in Washington, DC. Training, networking, annual conference in a different city each year.
http://www.poetrytherapy.orgPEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools
Sponsors conversations with nationally-known authors, intensive three-day workshops and semester-long residencies in urban public high schools since 1989. Such authors as Amiri Baraka, Sandra Cisneros, and Edward Hirsch have participated. Coordinated by Christy Zink.
http://www.penfaulkner.org/public/pfaulk/writersinschools.htmWashington Literacy Council
Trains volunteers to teach basic reading and writing to adult students. 62% of the DC population fall into the 2 lowest levels of reading proficiency, the lowest adult literacy rate of any city in the United States. Also lists links to literacy providers in VA and MD.
http://www.erols.com/washlc