✩ Equity of Access

✩ Poetry & Justice for All

✩ Equity of Access ✩ Poetry & Justice for All

Writing is Power

Support the WHISPERshout Mission:
Poetry and Justice for All!
WHISPERshout Writing Workshop brings extended afterschool and in-school enrichment workshops–-especially to underresourced populations–-that mix poetry with nature, art, culture and social-emotional learning. Children ages 4-12 learn that poetry is a powerful medium for capturing their experiences, speaking their minds and imagining their futures.

WHISPERshout Writing Workshop Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. All donations are

WHISPERshout poetry workshops are “enrichment programs” that are readily available to families whose income is at or above the median in Montgomery County, MD, which is about $117,000. For families with incomes below that, the typical cost of enrichment programs is out of reach. Schools with a high percentage of lower-income families also have trouble accessing enrichment programming: their PTAs are usually less wealthy in money and time to apply for grants.

Your one-time or recurring donation supports WHISPERshout’s ability to offer sliding-scale reduced rates to individual kids in afterschool workshops. In cases where arts council grant applications for school residencies aren’t funded, your donation allows me to deliver a planned program and avoid disappointing the school.

In return for your generous support, you’ll receive a monthly newsletter with details of WHISPERshout activities, photos and kids’ poems.

Why give?

Take a minute to write an introduction that is short, sweet, and to the point. If you sell something, use this space to describe it in detail and tell us why we should make a purchase. Tap into your creativity. You’ve got this.

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  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.