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By Beth Ann Downey

By Beth Ann Downey

Writers Room Creates Community Through Stories, Photos With Canon Project →

June 15, 2018

“To be a balanced human being, there are things you should do not to get on your résumé, but to be more passionate and empathetic.” 

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By Julia Terruso,  Philadelphia Inquirer

By Julia Terruso, Philadelphia Inquirer

With a shared lens, Drexel students, neighbors document their West Philly →

June 12, 2018

“This has not been a place to hash out the kind of town-gown tensions one might associate with neighbors and students. It’s become a haven for secrets and fears, hopes and dreams, and advice and wishes for each other.”

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By Chanel Hill,  The Philadelphia Tribune

By Chanel Hill, The Philadelphia Tribune

Robeson students use senior projects to think outside the box →

June 05, 2018

“The day that I visited the Dornsife Center at Drexel was the day that everything changed for me because it was in that moment that I found out about photography,” Pitts said. “When I first found out about photography, I was so excited. It was during that time that I picked up a camera and learned how to shoot.”

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Drexel University and Canon Solutions America Celebrate Culmination of TRIPOD at Writers Room: People, Places, Portraits →

June 03, 2018

“The resources and expertise that Canon brings to this collaboration make possible a whole new level of engagement,” said Roger Kurtz, department head, of English & Philosophy in Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences. “We are creating new opportunities for Drexel students, faculty, staff, and community members to learn and grow together.”

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By Hazara Begum

By Hazara Begum

Home Away From Home at Drexel's New Writers Room →

March 09, 2018

And when Hymms, a frequent visitor of the Writers Room, was asked about her favorite part of the room, she replied, “Everything is my favorite part. This place is now my second home.”

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By Margaux Cattelona

By Margaux Cattelona

Writers Room gets new space in MacAlister →

January 12, 2018

“We are not an inaccessible enclave for the initiated … [it’s about] being changed by everyone who walks in.”

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From Words to Rooms: Talking with Carol and Rachel of Writers Room Literary Arts Initiative at Drexel University →

October 12, 2017

Kirsten Kaschock recently interviewed Carol McCullough and Rachel Wenrick for the Writing Networks for Social Justice zine put together by Donald Unger and Liz Lane of 4C4Equality.

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Writers Room Named a Finalist for ArtPlace America's 2017 National Creative Placemaking Fund

June 07, 2017

We’re proud to announce that Writers Room was selected as one of the 70 finalists being considered for ArtPlace America’s 2017 National Creative Placemaking Fund. Our proposed project, Writers House, will provide a model for inclusive community and act as a catalyst for equitable development in response to gentrification and urban town-gown divides. Learn more about the Writers House project in a video courtesy of our friends over at Melodius Thunk Productions.

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Source: https://www.artplaceamerica.org/blog/introducing-2017-finalists-national-creative-placemaking-fund
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Valerie Fox Interview: Writers Room →

March 08, 2017

“Seeing the seriousness and growth within our group reminds me why I write, too—to express myself, but also to reach and be read by an audience, to connect with others.”

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By Andrew Zitcer, Julie Hawkins, and Neville Vakharia

By Andrew Zitcer, Julie Hawkins, and Neville Vakharia

The Arts as Fundamental—and Fragile—in Community Life →

February 27, 2017

“In West Philadelphia neighborhoods, it may be possible to create the conditions for rapport between longtime residents and new arrivals through the cultivation of awareness and respect for the cultural assets that have long existed in the neighborhood, and through the co‑creation of new cultural activities. We see possibilities for such rapport in the Writers Room, an NEA-funded project that brings together Drexel students and community residents to write and publish literary anthologies, host readings, and share meals. Initiatives like this one place art at the center of an expressive public life and help to guarantee that neighborhoods have the strength and spirit to resist and endure in the years to come.”

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By Frank Otto / Photo: Jen Britton

By Frank Otto / Photo: Jen Britton

Word to Live By →

February 06, 2017

“I hope it continues to show us that we are more the same than we are different,” Wenrick says. “Things like the Big Read and Writers Room, where we take time out of our daily existence to share an experience with someone else, those moments are transcendent. You find your folks, that’s what art does. And that’s what we come together at Writers Room to do.”

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By Kirsten Kaschock / Photo: Christopher Fascenelli

By Kirsten Kaschock / Photo: Christopher Fascenelli

The Dornsife Center: Bringing Voices onto the Page →

December 13, 2016

When I came back to read and listen in June, I was blown away by the depth and breadth of the work I heard. So was the rest of the standing-room only audience that attended. In the words of one participant: “To me it exemplified the ideal of what community-engaged work should be—authentic partnership and real relationships between any and all interested peoples.”

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By Walker Alexander / Photo: Andrea Hu

By Walker Alexander / Photo: Andrea Hu

Writers join to celebrate Hurston →

December 13, 2016

Writers Room hosted the first of nine events Sept. 22 in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read Initiative. The keynote speech examined the life of Harlem Renaissance writer Zora Neale Hurston and her acclaimed novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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By Valerie Russ / Photo: Charles Fox

By Valerie Russ / Photo: Charles Fox

Drexel's Writers Room creates space to read, write, share stories, and poetry →

December 13, 2016

"The Writers Room perfectly exemplifies our vision with the work we are doing at the Dornsife Center and with Drexel's neighborhood initiatives," said Lucy Kerman, vice provost, Drexel University and Community Partnerships.

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The Arts as Fundamental—and Fragile—in Community Life
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