“There is no doubt being able to write formal essays is an important part of a teen's academic development but creative writing, for all its purposes, strengthens academic development.” ​-delmetria millener, founder, #TeenWritersProject
L.I.T. Writers in Schools
This interactive, standards-based writing workshop brings writing and publishing experts into high school classrooms to introduce the craft and career of writing and publishing to students using SEL-aligned, standards-based strategies.

Teens will learn how to use their personal experiences to make connections that help them develop their voice and personal writing style. They will view and use writing as a powerful form of creative, personal, and academic expression.

​By the end of their time with us, teens will have improved their reading, writing, social, cultural, and creative literacy and have the skills necessary to write commercially, creatively, and academically.
THE L.I.T. FOUNDATION
  • Liberating. We believe that every student should have equal access to quality, classic, modern, contemporary culturally responsive reading and writing resources.  
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  • Innovating. We advocate for students and teachers in vulnerable populations. We teach the whole child, despite their background, lifestyle, or zip code, always and all ways blending tradition and technology. 
 
  • Transforming. We support varied perspectives in literature by getting feedback from teachers and students to use as best-practice to encourage and shape writing habits in all students.
Community-Building Workshops
“While there are organizations out there that support writers—and even teen writers—there are few ones out there that allow teens to take the lead in their own activism and self-advocacy. #TeenWritersProject allows me to write the stories I haven’t seen written before.”  —Workshop Participant
By reading, writing, and exploring literature through workshops that take place outside of school, teens can celebrate the cultural, artistic, and social traditions, experiences, and contributions of writers before them, and consider them as a standard by which to measure their own literary style, achievements and success.
STORYTELLING: THE ROUX OF LIFE THE WAY YOU WANT TO SEASON IT.
​-delmetria millener