Community-Word Project

Community-Word Project Community-Word Project's arts education programs help young people develop leadership, creative, and literacy skills. www.communitywordproject.org

06/19/2026

Nobody panic! BTS at our Spring Benefit, Writing Our Future, with our Deputy Director Craig Hayes, who produces the annual event.

We work in arts education in New York City. We know how to respond to a crisis. We’ve been doing it since 2000. 🗽

(The building was fine. The drama was not wasted.)

06/10/2026

Applications for Teaching Artist Project’s Signature Program open July 1st!

Teaching Artist Project (TAP), New York City’s longest-running professional development program for Teaching Artists, is gearing up for its 2026-27 Signature Program. This eight-month intensive training and internship program is designed to empower working artists to bring their creative process into classrooms through the lens of social justice, collaboration, and equity in education.

Comment below or DM us to receive the application when it opens!

06/08/2026

At our annual benefit, attendees were handed headphones and an invitation, to lean in, to listen, and to hear students read their creative writing in their own voices. Unforgettable.

Thank you, CWP Board Member Michael Cruz, for making this moment possible. 🎧




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06/02/2026

Applications for Teaching Artist Project’s Signature Program open July 1st!

TAP is an incredibly unique opportunity to gain comprehensive arts education skills and knowledge at an affordable price. Between early bird pricing, scholarship opportunities, and payment plans, it is our goal that TAP is accessible to ALL who wish to walk the path of a teaching artist!

Comment below or DM us to receive the application when it opens!

Need some new gear for the summer? CWP has you covered! We have tees and tanks in greens, beans, lettuce and tomato, all...
06/01/2026

Need some new gear for the summer? CWP has you covered!

We have tees and tanks in greens, beans, lettuce and tomato, all to keep you cool this summer! Grab a matching cap with a Radical Love logo, or the classic “I Have a Voice” on a tank top.

A portion of the proceeds benefit Community-Word Project initiatives! The store in linked in our bio! Grab yours today!

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Tomorrow night! 📖✨On Thursday, May 28th at 8:00 PM (EST), I have the absolute honor of joining Matrix Collective Poet, J...
05/27/2026

Tomorrow night! 📖✨

On Thursday, May 28th at 8:00 PM (EST), I have the absolute honor of joining Matrix Collective Poet, Janet Jennerjohn, to celebrate the release of her beautiful new chapbook, The Moment Before (published by Woodland Pattern).

This project holds a special place in my heart. Many of these poems began during the Matrix Collective’s generative writing sessions. They utilize a creative tool—the matrix—that I originally developed for Community-Word Project’s collaborative arts residencies. Seeing how this tool continues to spark collective language and beautiful new poetry week after week is incredibly moving.

I’m excited to be sharing poems that were born directly from these sessions alongside Janet’s! The reading is taking place live at the amazing Milwaukee literary arts center, Woodland Pattern, and will be fully livestreamed.

👉 Join us virtually! Link in bio!

📌 If you click the link ahead of time and hit the “Crowdcast” button, you can save your spot by leaving your email. They will send you a direct link right when we go live!

05/23/2026

What a night!

Words can’t express our gratitude but we’ll try! 🤍

This benefit wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible village behind it. To our amazing vendors, our talented students, our dedicated TAs, our hardworking staff, our visionary board of directors, and our generous donors. You made the magic happen. 💫

Every moment captured is a reflection of your generosity, passion, and commitment to our mission. We are endlessly grateful. 🤍

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05/21/2026

Every year, our community gathers to write our future. Every year, we are reminded what’s possible when people believe in the power of young voices. Thank you for being part of our journey!

Special thanks to CWP board member Michael Cruz for this awesome video.

There is something that happens when a room full of people decides, together, to believe in something.To every artist, s...
05/19/2026

There is something that happens when a room full of people decides, together, to believe in something.

To every artist, student, dreamer, and supporter who was part of Community-Word Project’s annual benefit, Writing Our Future, last week: Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts! To everyone who showed up, gave generously, and believes in the power of creative voice: Thank you!

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Some people show up to a benefit. Samantha Dion Baker shows up with her sketchbook. ✏️At our Writing for Our Future Bene...
05/18/2026

Some people show up to a benefit. Samantha Dion Baker shows up with her sketchbook. ✏️

At our Writing for Our Future Benefit, longtime friend and supporter drew live, capturing the performers and speakers who filled the room with words, music, and meaning. The scene she created that evening is a gift we’ll carry long after the night ended.
Samantha’s work is a daily practice of presence.

Her books, Draw Your Day, Draw Your World, and Draw Your Adventures, have inspired thousands to see their lives as worth documenting. We feel that. Deeply.

Her first adult coloring book, Color Your World, arrives June 16th. Pick it up wherever books are sold.

Thank you, Samantha, for witnessing our community the way you do and for drawing it with such tenderness and care. We are so grateful you are part of ours.

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