Bay Area Writing Project

Call to Action: Youth Scholarships for Writing Camps and Programs Help us expand our reach so we can write with those furthest from opportunity. Help us reach our goal to provide scholarships to young writers– donate today! crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/36819

Looking forward to launching For Fellow Travelers Teaching Young Writers our PD partnership with @826valencia this Saturday!

Congratulations to BAWP TC Carla Williams on her newly published book Blues Highway! blueshighways.com

Chancellor Carol Christ: Roe ruling is a major setback for women news.berkeley.edu/2022/06/24/cha…

Writers! It's the final week for submissions for BART lines. Here is the link to the submission page: short-edition.com/en/contest/bar…

8 Years ago today, on a plane back from Baton Rouge, I doodled on hotel paper what I wanted to say to the @writingproject for it's 40th. Hmmm. And look who will be 50 in a couple of years. #ChickensofNWP Bawk Bawk

"The answer to a national problem with guns is not to stigmatize people with mental illnesses....The answer is to pass legislation now to promote gun safety + increase rigorous research on gun violence." #EndGunViolence @USATODAY ad. Thanks, @APA Pres. GSE Prof. @FrankCWorrell

Our @UCBerkeley GSE Prof. @Cati_Fu is awarded the @AERA_EdResearch @GCYO_SIG Early Career Award. Congrats, Cati!

So proud to be a recipient of this grant. With these funds we will be "Bringing Local History to Life: Actualizing a More Perfect Union Through Oral Histories"

We are pleased to announce the awarding of 38 grants to humanities organizations across the United States to assist in recovering from interruptions to operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic! Made possible by a major grant from @NEHgov #SHARP #NEHRecovery bit.ly/3NNmFg8

Through the Building a More Perfect Union program, we announce grants to 38 orgs to assist in recovering from the pandemic. Funding is supported through the American Rescue Plan: Humanities Grantmaking for Organizations @NEHgov #NWP #SHARP #NEHrecovery nwp.org/building-a-mor…

Our friend and BAWP colleague @ljwriter7 is offering some excellent courses for High School writers in the early part of the summer - check them out! theliterateself.com/teen-writing-c…

I heart Cal because Cal gives back to the community. Since 2006 Cal has awarded $3M to neighborhood improvement projects and community service programs that utilize collaborative relationships between Cal and the community to address critical needs. #CalBigGive #BerkeleyGSE #CCPF

In order to improve their writing, students need to write. A lot.

📢 To all of the administrators and hiring managers seeking to learn best practices to recruit and retain Black teachers, this workshop is for you 💯 Please note that this offering is OPEN TO ALL RACIAL IDENTITIES! 🙌🏻 🙌🏽 🙌🏿 🙌🏾 Register at bit.ly/btp-hiring!

Thank you! Check out this article, which features some great choices to add to your #ReadingAfrica lists

It's official! We get to work with @SFUnified to improve writing instruction for English learners, thanks to a just-awarded @usedgov 5-year $2.2 million grant. gse.berkeley.edu/22m-federal-gr…