Youth Writers Workshops

Ali Forney Center:  A drop-in center for homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered teens.

Arab American Family Support Center: Workshop for children of recent Arab immigrants in Downtown Brooklyn.

The Blossom Program For Girls:  A program for teenage girls at high risk of gang involvement in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, operated by Youth Empowerment Mission Inc.

Brooklyn Public Library, Bedford Branch: Program for children in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Public Library, Coney Island Branch:  Program for teens in Coney Island.

Brooklyn Public Library, New Lots Branch:  Program for East NY teens and kids.

Brooklyn Public Library, Eastern Parkway Branch:  Program for Crown Heights teens and kids.

Brooklyn Public Library, Sunset Park Branch:  Program for young children in Sunset Park.

Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival:  Two summer-long, outdoor writing workshops for young people in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

Imani House: at P.S. 282 in Park Slope, Brooklyn.  An after school program for elementary school children, providing support and assistance to immigrant and economically disadvantaged residents of the community.

Inwood House:   Programs for pregnant and parenting teenage girls in the foster care system.

Khalil Gibran International Academy :  Public charter school for Arab language and culture studies in Brooklyn.

Osborne Association: Workshop for teens with incarcerated parents, in downtown Brooklyn.

Ridge Girls: Program for teen girls at the Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge Branch.

Ridge Kids : Program for younger children at the Brooklyn Public Library, Bay Ridge Branch.

Sylvia’s Place: An emergency night shelter for homeless LGBT teens at the Metropolitan Community Church in Manhattan.