By Yvonne J. Medley | Executive Director/Project Leader
Dear Generous Givers and Lovers of the Literary Arts,
During this quarter, LJWC highlighted its Life Journeys Writing and Mentoring (LJW&M) Project before a Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ alumni association and future HBCU students. LJWC conducted specifically designed LJW&M workshops to inform, conduct outreach/awareness, and encourage groups of women, senior citizens, and a nonprofit that catered to several regions of the United States interested in the empowerment of writing and publishing.
We conducted the first of hopefully three LJW&M workshops targeted to members of our Native American populations. Our first workshop, which was also LJWC’s final Big Quarterly for 2024, was titled Reclaiming Pride Celebrating Culture and Courage // Voice and Vibe of Southern Maryland’s Indigenous People andwas attended by Native American adults. Future workshops will cater to Native American teens, children, and families.
By way of our LJW&M project workshops and programming, LJWC engaged, empowered, and inspired women currently living in transitional housing. For these woman, who arrived at this juncture in their lives due to particularly challenging and life-changing events, LJWC offered life skills and literary instruction. It conducted a film class and a joyous Vision Board experience. LJWC gifted books and literary-incentive giveaways and provided meals for these women and their dutiful staff. Discovered were the extraordinary literary gifts these women exhibited throughout. They were giving, raw, and courageous to share—and unforgettable.
LJWC continues to support the Maryland Court system’s specialty courts, such as the Charles County Drug Court’s special programs. We continue to support at-risk men, women, and youth.
LJWC is honored and grateful to be in the planning stages for its landmark participation in the Smithsonian Institute and Maryland Humanities Traveling Exhibit titled SPARK! — coming in the summer of 2025 (We are actively inviting, planning, and promoting the participation of local talents in The Arts). For this nationwide annual endeavor, a part of a program named Museums on Main Street (MoMs)—for the state of Maryland’s participation, LJWC’s six-week exhibit (that will include special workshops and programming) will serve as the state’s kickoff!
The impact of all our programming and general support of writers is its ability to operate intentionally to create spaces that make people feel safe, heard, seen, and creative.
As we boldly head into 2025, I sincerely thank you for all your tax-deductible donations and thank you to those few dedicated givers making recurring donations. Your generous gifts enable us to feed the passions of those who love and need to engage in the Literary Arts. Kindly, I hope you will spread the good word on the wealth of writing, how we’re working hard to make a difference, and that even a modest monthly gift can fuel our impact on the world.
All in all, we are very grateful!
Thank you,
Yvonne J. Medley, LJWC Founder/Executive Director
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By Yvonne J. Medley | Executive Director/Project Leader
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