I Belong Here Because

This episode's featured writing is from the Migrant Leaders Club of the Mount Vernon School District. Matt and Alvin discuss the individual impact in our community's young immigrants and children of immigrant families. And Matt shares about the recent FilmVerse event, in collaboration with Voices of the Children, the Lincoln Theatre, and Underground Writing. Music by Luis Lopez and the Migrant Leaders Club.

Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with. 

Links of Interest:

• What No One Ever Tells You, the UW anthology
• Children of the Valley
• The Lincoln Theatre
• NPR story on Trump's Family Separation Policy
• Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights

 

At the Beginning or The Best Drug

This is our first bi-weekly update podcast! Director Matt Malyon and Producer Alvin Shim met briefly in the UW admin headquarters to touch base on the many program goings-on. It's a short six-and-a-half minute podcast that features a piece of writing by a UW student and a quick update about our recent trip to New York with the Migrant Leaders Club to see Miss You Like Hell, written by Quiara Alegría Hudes. 

Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with. 

Links of Interest:

• What No One Ever Tells You, the UW anthology
• More information about the New York Trip
• Migrant Leaders Club of Mount Vernon Public Schools
• Quiara Alegría Hudes, Miss You Like Hell, and the Emancipated Stories Project