Teen Writing Group Mentor
ORGANIZATION: SLCC Community Writing Center
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Are you a writer who wants to help young writers develop their craft and publish their work? Join Salt Lake Teens Write as a writing mentor. This is a free program from the CWC and the City Library that pairs writing mentors with a small group of teens from Salt lake City.
Facilitate monthly sessions at Erin Meadows Apartments, a Salt Lake County Housing Authority location. At the end of the program, you’ll help the teens polish pieces to submit for publication in the SLTW anthology while also exploring other genres of writing the teens find interesting.
October 2018-Dec 2018
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
1119 Erin CircleTaylorsville, UT 84123
DATE POSTED
December 11, 2018
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Literacy / Reading
- People Skills
- Reading / Writing
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- A few hours once a month from Oct-Dec 2018