Trying to Catch Up to You

This week, we read a piece titled "Trying to Catch Up to You," from our third site. Matt and Alvin discuss the vulnerability and courage required to share an all-too-common grief that many of our students carry. It was raining at the UW headquarters; please ignore that rattling sound at the beginning. 

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
• YMCA Oasis Daylight Center
• Zines (and further Zine resources)

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