WritersCorps helps low-income children and teens improve their literacy and communication skills through creative expression. Founded in 1994 with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, WritersCorps operates programs in San Francisco, Washington, DC, and The Bronx, NY. In San Francisco, WritersCorps is a project of the San Francisco Arts Commission (www.writerscorps.org).
Editor Judith Tannenbaum, who has written widely on community arts and cultural democracy, serves as WritersCorps's training coordinator.
Valerie Chow Bush has edited four WritersCorps publications of s...