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

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

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.

Queens Public Library, Broadway Branch:   Workshop for children of recent immigrants in Long Island City.

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

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

Supportive Housing/Homeless Writers Workshops

Jan Hus Church Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Program:   Direct services for homeless people on the Upper East Side.

Judson Post Hall Residence For Women: Women's residence in downtown Brooklyn operated by the YWCA of Brooklyn.

Other Program Sites

14th Street Y Educational Center for Retired Adults:  A program of classes for older adults, operated by The Educational Alliance.

Brooklyn Veterans Resource Center: Services for male and female veterans of Vietnam, the Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Creative Center:  Arts center for people living with cancer.

The Fortune Society: Services for people coming out of and serving in lieu of incarceration.

NY Public Library Aguilar Language Learning Center: Program of classes in Adult Basic Education and ESOL in East Harlem.

Prime Time:  Two workshops for older adults in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn at Emmanuel Baptist Church.

SAGE: Community center for GLBT elders.

Stay N Out/Serendipity:  Residence house in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, for formerly incarcerated women seeking substance abuse treatment, operated by NY Therapeutic Communities.

World Trade Center Survivors Network:  A support and advocacy group for survivors of the attacks on the World Trade Center.