Southern Word initiates a national model for a mental health writer series with the National Technical and Training Assistance Center for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health. For the first time in Southern Word’s history, we are finalists in the Brave New Voices International Teen Poetry Slam. Southern Word in Schools Video Link The Stratford Writers’ Room is a robust writing extension providing full-time staffing to coordinate classroom project support, creative literacy engagements, traditional writing support, English Language Learners support, and guest mentors in a range of genres. “Remixing Community Through Pictures and Poetry” serves as a fresh and powerful access point to diversity, equity, and inclusion conversations. DONATE NOW Back To Media