Rewriting The Future | Annual Giving Campaign
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
The Kneeland Center for Poetry, IncThis fundraiser directly support the 2022 Kneeland Scholars Creative Writing Program.
$785
raised by 4 people
$1,000 goal
The Kneeland Center for Poetry, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that discovers, cultivates, and enhances the voices and works of all underrepresented poets.
The Kneeland Scholars Program (KSP) is a four-week immersive and entertaining summer program filled with workshops, classes, and life-changing experiences to help the next generation of writers unearth their creative writing abilities, passions, and talents.
Over the course of four weeks, a cohort of rising seniors will engage in conversations amongst their peers, with class facilitators, and established poets, creative writing professors, publishers, and college admissions representatives. With a continued support system after the program, the young writers will have the writing skills they need in order to meet college and career expectations.
Rewritten: Creative Writing in the 21st Century
The REWRITTEN curriculum is a well-rounded approach to writing in the schools. Research studies have shown that writing is not taught with the same rigor with which other subjects are taught. This leads to decreased writing abilities, and delays in students' abilities to retain the information they've been given. As students advance through grade school and postsecondary education, we've found that high school graduates are not prepared for first-year collegiate level writing. By the same token, college graduates are not prepared for the jobs to which they apply, especially when writing skills are a requirement.