EXPLORING THE POWER OF LITERATURE TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY

Everyone enters UnMapping’s spaces as both students and teachers valued for the unique contributions they bring. 2023-24 Fellows and Courses announced soon.

Writers Room is Drexel's university-community literary arts program. We are a diverse, intergenerational collective of students, alumni, faculty, staff, and neighborhood residents.

Norman Cain has been with us since our first workshop in 2014. For last year’s Anthology release, we surprised him with an 80th birthday celebration. It’s one of the best memories we’ve made, perhaps forever, at Writers Room.

MEET NORMAN

Everything we do is free and open to all.

Philadelphia—PA

  • SECOND STORY COLLECTIVE

  • MEDITATION SESSION

  • SECOND TUESDAY

  • TRIPOD

  • OPEN MIC

A creative concept for co-living and community

Together with neighborhood and university partners, Writers Room created Second Story Collective, an intergenerational co-housing network of homeowners and student tenants engaged in storytelling and the shared creation of community.

Donations are important to helping Writers Room keep our programming and our home at Ross Commons free and open to all.

Meet the Team

  • RACHEL WENRICK

    Founding Director

  • LAUREN LOWE

    Programs Manager

  • JESSICA GREEN

    Operations Manager

  • VICTORIA HUGGINS PEURIFOY

    Community Engagement Liaison

  • DEVIN WELSH

    Student Engagement Liaison

  • ELLIE EBBY

    AmeriCorps VISTA & Public Programs Assistant

Ross Commons 229

N 34th St.

Philadelphia, PA 19104

E: writersroom@drexel.edu

P: 215.571.3671