Youth Writers Workshops

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

Arab American Family Support Center I and II:  Workshops for teens and children of recent Arab immigrants in Downtown Brooklyn.

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, 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.

New Alternatives Workshop for homeless LGBTQ youth at the Middle Collegiate Church in downtown Manhattan.

NY Presbyterian Psychiatric Unit: Workshop for adolescents in acute care in Manhattan hospital.

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

Red Hook Initiative: Summer program for teen girls living in nearby public housing in the Red Hook section of 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.