Grantee Database
Write Now! SF Bay
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$21,250.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Write Now! SF Bay will present “Talking to Strangers 2.0,” ten free creative writing workshops and three mental health awareness workshops. Ten mini-publications will be created, to be shared at intimate neighborhood readings and a large creative showcase in Fall 2024 at the San Francisco Main Library. This project will expand on the success of “Talking to Strangers” mini-publications (2021-2022) in breaking through social isolation and reaching non-literary communities by through visual art, poetry and flash prose by writers and artists of color, distributed via street outreach and BIPOC businesses in marginalized neighborhoods like San Francisco’s Mission District, Chinatown and the Oakland’s Fruitvale District. The project will include English and bilingual materials to increase communication between immigrants and the American-born who are reclaiming their heritage, language, and culture.
Organization Summary
Write Now! SF Bay is run by and for writers/artists of color to nurture an ongoing multicultural community of emerging and established writers of color though a year-around program of creative writing workshops, public events and publications. Participants create and present prose, poetry, and visual art that reflect the diverse complexities of the San Francisco Bay Area’s 60% BIPOC population. Since 2015, we have served over 400 local Black, Brown, Indigenous and People of Color—Latinx, Asian/Asian American, Middle Eastern, LGBTTQIA+ and more. We bring together emerging writers with published writers, educators, healers and activists working for change.
We value cross-fertilization and we outreach to diverse communities so they can engage with each other within the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Our non-hierarchical approach is “Each One, Teach One.” We learn by listening to each other and supporting individuals to find their unique voice and contribution to the circle of humanity.
Organization
Write Now! SF Bay
Address
1717 Cabrillo Street
San Francisco
94121
County
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area – San Francisco
Phone
(415) 577-9557
Congressional District
California's 12th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 19
State Senate District
District 11
