Sunday, June 29, 2014

WRITE HOME PROJECT - BERKELEY UC ALUMNI - POETS GABRIEL CORTEZ and NATASHA HUEY - CREATIVE ARTS WORKSHOPS FOR HOMELESS YOUTH

BERKELEYSIDE - HOMELESS YOUTH WRITE AND OPEN MIC -WRITE HOME PROJECT

"Conceived and run by two UC Berkeley alumni and working poets, Gabriel Cortez and Natasha Huey, The Write Home Project facilitates creative arts work by homeless youth (under 25). Write Home provides an outlet for its participants to be heard while they tell stories about, and create a dialogue around, the state of homelessness.

The Project focuses on three key components: weekly workshops and open mics provided in conjunction with The Suitcase Clinic, video production of the youth’s performances as a testimony of their struggle for the public, and town hall meetings to discuss the current state of homelessness..."

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