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Hill, Kirsten Dara; Thomas-Brown, Karen; Shaffer, LaShorage – Multicultural Perspectives, 2018
This qualitative study documents urban youth participation in a community-based out-of-school youth writing program that cultivated participants' dialogues, identities, and writings. The study documents participants' perspectives as contributors and beneficiaries of a neighborhood revitalization effort. Analysis of excerpts from breakout sessions,…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Youth Clubs, Writing Workshops, Writing (Composition)
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Loeper, Rachel – Afterschool Matters, 2014
As the program director of a community writing center that serves children and youth ages 5-18, Rachel Loeper sees it all, from 15-year-old spoken word poets to six-year-olds whose first "books" are strung together with yarn. In all of her roles--administrator, teacher, volunteer trainer--she values engaging the most reluctant of young…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Writing Strategies, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction