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Chicago Area Writing Project | Building a More Perfect Union

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Summary:

 Based on an interest in better supporting youth writing for civic engagement, teachers of the Chicago Area Writing Project brought a focus on empowering teachers to create and share their own writing to make a social impact within and beyond their classrooms.

The Chicago Area Writing Project focused on rebuilding capacity and programming after the pandemic shutdown. Their project was an extension of a pre-pandemic initiative supporting youth writing for civic engagement with a new focus on empowering teachers to create and share their own writing to make a social impact within and beyond their classrooms. They focused on writing for civic engagement as educators around issues of civic life, writing for positive change in our schools/communities, and connecting the profession of teaching to our wider socio political context.

Listen to this interview with CAWP director Kristine Wilber to learn more about this project along with a short walkthrough of the online guide that was created.

Related resources


Writing for Civic Engagement Anthology
Online version; Also available for purchase on Amazon
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