Sidewalk Poets CO Gives Fundraiser!
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC)Sidewalk Poets nonprofit provides underserved communities with storytelling + writing workshops.
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Sidewalk Poets is a nonprofit providing creative writing and storytelling workshops to underserved communities and individuals—so they can share their voices, build resilience, process pain and trauma, gain new skills and tools, feel more empowered, and enrich their neighborhoods and the city.
At Sidewalk Poets, we believe that every voice has value and that every story deserves to be told—and heard.
Sidewalk Poets is a project of Colorado Nonprofit Development Center. Your donation will go directly to Sidewalk Poets
OUR WORK
Creative Writing + Storytelling Workshops
We provide free creative writing and storytelling workshops that empower community members to find and share their voices, build confidence and resilience, and heal together.
Word + Art Installations
Using words and images from workshops, we publicly showcase personal and collective stories to leave behind echoes that enrich and infuse the community with collective voice, history and art.
CURRENT + UPCOMING PROGRAMS
- Writing as Mental Health Support in Treatment Centers through Denver Courts—Denver's Problem Solving Courts work to funnel people with mental health and substance misuse issues out of the criminal justice system and into treatment. In conjunction with the PSCs and Mile High Behavioral Healthcare Treatment Center, we are leading 8-week creative writing workshops to support mental health, self-expression and resilience, as part of participants' overall treatment and recovery plans.
- Creative Writing + Literacy Workshops with Newcomer 5th Graders at Ashley Elementary, Title One School in East Colfax—The school had an influx of over 100 new Spanish-speaking students, arriving from Venezuela, Colombia and Honduras. We're leading writing workshops in English and Spanish to support literacy and language acquisition, as well as processing grief and trauma.
- Writing + Arts Workshops with Newcomer + Refugee Youth with Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning
- Self-Expression + Advocacy Bi-lingual Storytelling + Writing Workshops for Spanish-Speaking Moms and Caregivers in East Colfax
- Creative Writing + Job Skills Workshops with Prodigy Coffeehouse Apprentices Program
- DPS Wellness - Supporting Teachers + Staff in Professional Development Wellness Writing Workshops for Second-Hand Trauma