Outreach

The Writers Place is committed to reaching out into the community, providing partnerships and services with local schools, business, and individuals. If you are interested in partnering with us, please contact our Director of Operations at director@writersplace.org.

The Goals of the Writers Place Outreach Are

To reach out into the community by sending writers and teachers of all genres to as wide a segment of the community as possible encompassing all diversities and ethnicities, including schools elementary thru senior; students at risk, underserved, or with special needs; senior citizens; veterans; hospitals, and other community segments as they are identified.
To provide a reasonably priced, intimate, inspiring, and useable location for workshops, readings, retreats, collaborations, space and writing time, special programs, book clubs, events, seminars, in-services, classes, and social gatherings.
To provide writers professional and non-professional opportunities to exercise and share their expertise and talent through teaching, mentoring, readings, editing, collaboration, presentations, workshops, panels, and special events

Division of Writers Place Outreach Programs

Writers in the Schools can include any literary enrichment experience for students and teachers, from elementary school through college Opportunities may include before-and-after-school programs, special needs enrichment, teacher training, classroom workshops, readings, National Poetry Slams, Q & A sessions, or any collaboration of teachers and writers. Possible locations include public and special needs schools, colleges and universities (Examples: Paseo Academy, Kansas City Academy, University Academy, Raytown, Park, Avila, Guadalupe Center, etc.) .
Writers Place Community Events can serve the community by providing space and email mailing list publicity for a wide range of groups and events. Groups could include seniors; students; book clubs; faith-based groups; caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s, cancer and other diseases; cancer survivors; people suffering/recovering from alcoholism, addictions, diseases, etc. Events could include children’s lit workshops; readings targeting diverse interests/audiences such as wait people, environmentalists/nature lovers; genre readings such as mystery, romance, science fiction, essays, travel, poetry, memoir, journaling, letters, non-fiction, young adults; and special events such as MET performances, Arts Alive, Poets at Large, and the Crystal Field Scholarship Reading.