Creative Writing Instructor

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Momentum Collective Inc. is partnering with the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority, the Alexandria Recreation Department, and Alexandria City Public Schools to provide an after-school arts program to elementary and middle school youth who live in subsidized housing in Alexandria, VA. The creative writing instructor will teach beginner level youth the fundamentals of creative writing and prepare them to present their work as part of a performing arts showcase later in the school year. Volunteers will also receive support on how to incorporate academic elements into the writing classes. This opportunity is for 1 hour between 4:00pm and 6:00pm and will require direct and in-person interaction with youth. The day of availability with determine the service site location.

This initiative is part of the "Stylus Project" and is part of a larger initiative called the MPWRD Program that focuses on the arts and developing marketable skills in program participants. Instructors will help students develop:

• poems
• songs/raps
• short stories/one act plays
• speech writing

Group size will not exceed 12 participants. Volunteers must be comfortable working with youth from various socio-economic backgrounds.