With support from the California Arts Council, Tuleburg Press will conduct “Pieces to Peace: Veterans Writing Project” with San Joaquin County veterans. Modeled after the Peace Paper Project and the work of author — and Stockton native — Maxine Hong Kingston, the project involves paper making from military clothing and journal making, followed by workshops with professional writers to transform their was experiences into stories or poems. The project culminates in a voluntary public reading.
Tuleburg Press publishes local authors and mentors emerging writers at The Write Place, the organization’s creative writing and book arts center. We publish 1-3 books a year. Classes and field trips for people of all ages, with specific attention to low-income and marginalized groups, are held in paper making, book binding, letter press printing and writing in fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry. We currently service between 30-40 participants a month. Tuleburg Press collaborates with other organizations to provide these same services to specific groups: one.Charter Elementary School for homeless children, Community Medical Centers and the San Joaquin Pride Center are priority partners. Finally, we work with local school districts to enhance elementary school libraries, focusing on reopening shuttered sites, funding acquisitions, and lobbying for trained library technicians. Tuleburg Press is a stakeholder in the revitalization of the downtown Stockton core and a lead organization on arts advocacy and access in Stockton.

