Press

In the News

Monday Motivation: David Coogan on the power of empathy

Style Weekly – Healing Circle

NBC 12 – VCU Writing Your Way Out: Whitney

NBC 12 – VCU Writing Your Way Out: Kelvin

Radio IQ WVTF – Class Time Instead of Jail Time: Susan

VCU News: Instead of Jail, Healing and Self Reflection

Richmond Times Dispatch – op-ed

Our Events

Co-Author Naji Mujahid reading at the Writing Our Way Out book launch.

We have spoken at churches, universities, high schools, nonprofit organizations, conferences, bookstores, art galleries, and book festivals.

Our events cover mass incarceration, breaking the cycle of crime, addiction, trauma, and recovery, the healing power of writing, and the inspirational power of teaching writing.

We have given keynote speeches, teacher workshops, classroom presentations, book club talks, radio interviews, and interventions for at-risk teens.

Since Writing Our Way Out was published in 2015, the authors have given over sixty talks in four states and the District of Columbia often to large, diverse crowds. Writing Our Way Out has also inspired a play, an original piece of choral music, a criminal justice diversion program, and a podcast.