Outreach

The Wick Poetry Center engages individuals and communities in the transformative power of poetry. Members of the Wick Outreach Program provide writing workshops, discussion groups, and professional development to a variety of communities throughout northeast Ohio. 

• Teaching Poetry in the Schools
• Traveling Stanzas 

• Wick Juniors Creative Writing Camp

For information on conducting any of the following programs in your community, contact Charlie Malone:

• Pre-K to 12th grade classrooms—Writing workshops in public and private schools. Number of workshops determined by need and availability.   

• Professional development for teachers and administrators—Workshops to help educators better use poetry in standard-based curricula.

• Medical care providers and patients—Writing workshops offered to hospital patients and staffs in pediatric, psychiatric, oncology, palliative care/hospice settings. Read an article in the Cleveland Clinic's Alumni Connection about Wick's outreach at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine.

• Veterans—Free weekly writing workshop during the fall and spring semesters.

• Community centers—Writing workshops or discussion groups based on need and availability.

• Senior/retirement centers—Writing workshops or discussion groups based on need and availability.

• Libraries—Writing workshops, discussion groups and readings by local children and community members.