With support from the California Arts Council, 916 Ink will work with the state Department of Juvenile Justice to outline curriculum, train staff and work to schedule after school creative writing workshops for students at the Stockton, California State Juvenile Facilities.
916 Ink is Sacramento’s arts-based creative writing and literacy nonprofit that provides workshops and tutoring to transform Sacramento youth into strong readers, confident communicators, and published authors. Our programs increase literacy skills, improve vocabulary, teach empathy, positively impact social and emotional learning, and expand communication skills. We envision a Sacramento region where every child and teen is given access to a culturally relevant creative writing program that leads them to believe in themselves and to understand the power of the written word.