EXPRESS N FLOW – YOUTH WRITING WORK SHOP

The Midwest Writing Center (MWC) will be hosting a writing workshop for young writers in the Quad Cities, ages 10-18. The workshop is called “Express N Flow” and will be led by Meka Woods, a FFT Therapist, with other visiting instructors. Here’s a detailed description:

Express N Flow Workshop “We Create when we Fall!”

Express N Flow is a free workshop which encourages children ages 10-18 to utilize writing as a way of relieving stress and having a voice. At this workshop, students will develop spoken word skills instead of resulting to negative alternatives and bad choices. Express N Flow is a beginning workshop so all are welcome: those who have a writing background and those who don’t.

Express N Flow will meet at the Midwest Writing Center (ground floor of the Downtown Rock Island Public Library) from 11:00 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Sat. 9/28 at the Midwest Writing Center.

This workshop is free and open to students ages 10-18 throughout the Quad Cities.

For more information, please contact Trameka Woods at [email protected] or Ryan Collins at [email protected].

Bio for Trameka Woods:
Trameka Woods is active in the Youth Department of her church as an Assistant Youth Leader and Treasure Box-US which is a non-profit organization where she helps mentor young girls to become great ladies of excellence. She is also a Lead FFT Therapist that works with children who have made bad choices/decisions with the law or in school but are given a chance to strengthen family relationships. Writing is one way she copes and she wants to show the youth they can use it as an alternative as well.

This workshop series is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Illinois Arts Council Agency.