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This summer, we're offering a class called "In These Times...Writing as Survival," cotaught by local authors Amanda Bennett and Omaria Sanchez Pratt.

"In These Times..." is, well, exactly what it sounds like. Here's the description:

"Students will delve into current events through creative writing and self-exploration with a Black Feminist lens. How do we write in times of war, genocide, climate disaster, class divide, and the rolling back of civil rights? What does your community need to survive this moment? In these times, the craft of writing and the skill of critical thinking are essential tools for survival. Using writing prompts, discussion, and examples from movies, novels, and music, these four weeks will be generative with the goal of producing one form of written work (poem, short story, manifesto, letter to your representative or community, grant narrative, etc.) that speaks to the present time we are living in and offers a template for a new way forward."

It's so important to us to offer seats in this class to anyone who feels they will benefit from it.

And we have four students who are seeking scholarships to attend. And only enough in our scholarship fund to cover half of them.

That's where you come in. Before this class start date of Wednesday, July 8, we are raising $650 to make sure all four students can take this course.

Give today, and give someone the tools of survival this summer.

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