Wow, thank you to all of the AMAZING organizations who applied to be our next beneficiary! After reading through them all, we decided to go with the organization Words Without Walls. Words Without Walls is a creative partnership between graduate students from Chatham University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program and Allegheny County Jail (ACJ). Students from Chatham teach creative writing courses to male and female inmates at ACJ, organize readings of their work, facilitate community workshops after their release, and publish their work in an annual anthology. Words Without Walls gives students permission to create, a supportive and positive community, and a reading audience. By providing an atmosphere for creative growth and nurturing student work, Words Without Walls empowers students to express themselves on the page. Community workshops facilitated by members of the Chatham community allow students to continue a writing practice after their release, and the publication of the annual Words Without Walls Anthology allows writers to be recognized as published authors with an audience.
Please mark your calendars for Friday March 23rd, and come out and see for yourself what PGH Party for a Purpose is all about! If you applied to be a beneficiary, THANK YOU for your interest! Your application is good for one year. We always love when applicants come to our parties to get a feel for the kind of events that we throw, which will be helpful in future applications!
See our previous post for the flier by Taylor Tobias!
