ROOTS WOUNDS WORDS INC

Cause Area

  • Arts & Culture
  • Education & Literacy
  • LGBTQ+

Location

571 DECATUR STBROOKLYN, NY 11233 United States

Website:

https://www.rootswoundswords.org/
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Mission Statement

Roots. Wounds. Words. is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization that offers visionary literary arts programming including educational workshops, storyteller performances, publication opportunities, and a writers’ retreat for Us BIPOC literary artists. Especially Us BIPOC literary artists who are also Us Queer, Us Trans. Us Gender Nonconforming. Us Justice-Involved. Us poverty-born. Us disabled. Us neuro-divergent. Us made of intersectional identities. Us Brazen. Us. RWW ensures that Black, Latinx, Indigenous American, Asian, Southeast Asian, and all People of the Global Majority have a safe, inclusive, space to craft and tell our stories.

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In addition to the satisfaction received by serving RWW’s mission and uplifting the literary art of BIPOC poets and writers, board members may attend select Roots. Wounds. Words. programming (e.g., workshops and craft talks) for free. Past faculty include Jesmyn Ward, Ken Liu, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, Deesha Philyaw, Fariha Roisin, Kiese Laymon, K-Ming Chang, Roxane Gay, and many more. Board members are also encouraged to participate in as much programming as possible to experience our work on the ground.

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