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Special Farewell
Read: Special FarewellSeveral days ago we said goodbye to a longtime member of the writing group. The Speak Up writing groups bring people together—young and old, black and white, left and right. Every week we stop, pause, write to shared prompts, and listen to one another. Over time relationships form. Not just…
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Give a Voice (Literally)
Thank you for being willing to be a reader for the Speak Up YouTube channel. Follow the steps below to select and record an article.…
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Introducing… Speak Up Magazine!
For a decade, Speak Up published a print magazine that gave voice to many dozens of writers facing homelessness. Here’s a great pre-Covid news story…
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A space where overlooked people are heard
Here’s a quote from today’s writing group: I love this class and look forward to it every week. [Everyone feels] so comfortable and therefore people…
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Need shared. Need met.
On Thursday, Qiana called me. She was facing a financial crisis and was hours away from ending up on the streets with her kids. I…
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Community is Hard (and Possible)
Speak Up writing groups hit on multiple levels. They provide individual invitations. These spaces let people discover and uncover things within. Carving out time to…
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About Speak Up
Write Together, Bridge Divides In Speak Up writing groups, people come together across so-called impassable chasms—homeless versus non-homeless, this race versus that race, left versus…
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We are writing to these prompts right now
At this exact moment I’m sitting with others around a cluster of round tables writing to shared prompts. We’re sipping coffee, munching donuts, and holding…
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Citadels of Pause and Presence: Speak Up Writing Groups
We gathered, leaned in around tables with steaming cups of coffee, sticky donuts on paper plates, and a delightful collection of shared writing prompts. For…
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Write with Speak Up This Week
After a holiday break, we’re back on a regular schedule of Speak Up writing groups. In those spaces, we gather with a simple purpose. We…