Dream Catchers Compassion Writing Experience
"Teens can write. Teens will write. ALL teens will write if given the opportunity and space to write from a place of compassion and spirit, and without any consequence other than to quench a literary thirst that has been aching to be released. At #TeenWritersProject, we give teens in vulnerable populations the collaborative, engaging and safe space to be creatively sated."
Writing Wednesday Workshops. Teens can write. Teens will write. All teens will write if given the opportunity and space to write from a place of compassion and spirit.
This workshop provides a creative, compassionate and reflective experience for underrepresented, vulnerable, teens in foster care, teen shelters, group homes or juvenile detention centers. We use writing, discussion, critical thinking, reflection and presentation as a strategy to teach youth how to effectively use their voice as their power.
Teens learn how to use writing as a tangible manifestation of the ideas that live inside their heads and hearts in order to change their worlds with it. Dream catchers are the motif that puts participants at the center of their dreams and helps them strengthen their commitment to becoming critical thinkers who are open-minded, reflective, caring, balanced and principled.
This workshop also gives teens access to the viable career options that exist in writing and reveals the cathartic effect the act of writing can have. This practice will nable teens to work out his or her problems in writing instead of choking on them emotionally or mentally. Their dreams began to turn into reality and when the compassion experience is over, what's left is a Dream Catcher to remind them, a compassionate experience to reflect upon, a writer's notebook to express within, and the inspiring encounter of uncommon bonds sharing common dreams.
Publication & Public Art. By the end of our time together, each student will have at least one writing piece polished and published in the #TeenWritersProject Lit Zine. Students will also have written an impact statement pulled from their writings that will be exhibited as public art called Rough Drafts: Street Side Museum. The exhibit will be displayed on a donated wall at their school, a museum, office building or other donated public space in collaboration with teen artists and professional muralists around the City of Dallas.
This workshop provides a creative, compassionate and reflective experience for underrepresented, vulnerable, teens in foster care, teen shelters, group homes or juvenile detention centers. We use writing, discussion, critical thinking, reflection and presentation as a strategy to teach youth how to effectively use their voice as their power.
Teens learn how to use writing as a tangible manifestation of the ideas that live inside their heads and hearts in order to change their worlds with it. Dream catchers are the motif that puts participants at the center of their dreams and helps them strengthen their commitment to becoming critical thinkers who are open-minded, reflective, caring, balanced and principled.
This workshop also gives teens access to the viable career options that exist in writing and reveals the cathartic effect the act of writing can have. This practice will nable teens to work out his or her problems in writing instead of choking on them emotionally or mentally. Their dreams began to turn into reality and when the compassion experience is over, what's left is a Dream Catcher to remind them, a compassionate experience to reflect upon, a writer's notebook to express within, and the inspiring encounter of uncommon bonds sharing common dreams.
Publication & Public Art. By the end of our time together, each student will have at least one writing piece polished and published in the #TeenWritersProject Lit Zine. Students will also have written an impact statement pulled from their writings that will be exhibited as public art called Rough Drafts: Street Side Museum. The exhibit will be displayed on a donated wall at their school, a museum, office building or other donated public space in collaboration with teen artists and professional muralists around the City of Dallas.
Before working with teens, our Teaching Artists are required to undergo a thorough background check and complete our rigorous training program.
STORYTELLING: THE ROUX OF LIFE THE WAY YOU WANT TO SEASON IT. -delmetria millener