WWP will host event about drugs with Medill
On Friday, July 25, The Westside Writing Project and the Social Justice News Nexus, a new journalism project at Medill – Northwestern University, are hosting a community event in Austin! It is titled...
View ArticleGo on a tour of our office
Gwen Pepin Summer Intern/Alumni The Westside Writing Project In this video, I give you a virtual tour of our brand new office/media center! WWP organization is very excited to have our own home. It...
View ArticleWWP’s new CAN TV intro
Take a look at the new intro created for our CAN TV call-in show. We think it’s our best intro so far. We are currently hosting our fourth season on CAN TV! Each show will feature hot topics, news...
View ArticleAustinTalks talks about WWP
The community newsletter, AustinTalks, recently posted an article about the Westside Writing Project! The story features details of us moving into our new office in Austin, our history, mission, and...
View ArticleWWP’s event is a success
On Friday, the Westside Writing Project hosted our most successful and maybe, most impactful event thus far! We had a crowd of almost 80 people! The event titled, The War on Drugs: The impact on the...
View ArticleAcceptance
Here is a new video created by some of our students in our Summer 2014 workshop. They made this cool video in one day. Seems like they’re naturals! Click here to view the embedded video. The post...
View ArticleCollins Academy football on the come up!!
Shenevin Barnett Collins Academy Junior This season the football team at Collins Academy, my home school, has set out to prove the critics wrong. For years the Warriors use were labeled as an...
View ArticleWWP partners with Loyola Univ. of Chicago
DIgital media workshops start this fall. All interested students must complete a registration form found at www.westsidewriting.org The post WWP partners with Loyola Univ. of Chicago appeared first on...
View ArticleThe Stress of Teenage Dating
Shenevin Barnett – Junior Collins Academy High School Teenagers go through a lot of stress! Puberty, acne, school and...
View ArticleEnding Child Abuse
Zyona Bryant – Junior Collins Academy High School Red cheeks,black eyes,body bruises and a face full of tears.These are some of the things you’ll see on a child being abused.Imagine the person you call...
View ArticleWWP participates in National News Engagement Day
Westside Writing Project Westside Wrting Project participated in National News Engagement Day on Tuesday, October 7th. Our first stop was at Cather Elementary School as we held an open discussion...
View ArticleWWP and Loyola host digital media workshop
Westside Writing Project WWP partnered with Loyola University Chicago (LUC) to host a digital media workshop for area West Side students. The workshop was held downtown at LUC’s School of...
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