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4 people are interested
Writing Group Mentor - Sandy Library
ORGANIZATION: SLCC Community Writing Center
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4 people are interested
The SLCC Community Writing Center is looking for volunteers! Help foster creativity in our community; become a mentor for a DiverseCity Writing Series group. As a DWS mentor you’ll facilitate a writing group and guide writers through activities and prompts. You’ll also assist in preparing your writers’ work to be published in Sine Cera, our annual anthology of local authors’ works. As a mentor, it will be your job to create an atmosphere where writers can share their work and receive thoughtful feedback. This volunteer opportunity will require about four hours of mentoring each month and we ask that you make a six-month commitment. This group meets every Tuesday from 12-1:30 in the small conference room of the Sandy Library.
More opportunities with SLCC Community Writing Center
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About SLCC Community Writing Center
Location:
210 East 400 South, Ste. 8, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, US
Mission Statement
The SLCC Community Writing Center (CWC) supports, motivates and educates people of all abilities and educational backgrounds who want to use writing for practical needs, civic engagement and personal expression. The CWC is based on the principles of Education, Community, and Collaboration. The CWC has historically challenged and should continue to challenge the assumptions... that some types of writing are more valuable than others that publication validates a piece of writing that higher education is somehow separate from community education; and that higher educational institutions can know what a community needs or wants without entering into full and mutually-beneficial partnership with that community.
Description
The CWC was founded on the premise that everyone can write with assistance and support from others. Based on the model of student writing centers that most college and universities have on campus to serve student writing needs, the CWC serves the entire Salt Lake metropolitian area community.
Because of a strong commitment to the community, Salt Lake Community College funds the CWC. SLCC values the variety of learning opportunities the CWC provides and is dedicated to providing on-going support for its programs.
These programs include Writing Coaching, Writing Workshops, and the DiverseCity Writing Series. The CWC also partners with local community organizations and governmental agencies to empower their clients, staff and volunteers through writing.
The CWC opened to the public in October 2001 in the Artspace Bridge Projects multi-use complext just across the street from the Salt Lake City homeless services district. In November 2005, the CWC moved to its current location in the Plaza of the SLC Main Library.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
101000 Petunia WaySandy, UT 84092
DATE POSTED
July 27, 2016
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- Organization
- People Skills
- Reading / Writing
- Community Outreach
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 4 hours a month.