Outreach Workshops

Outreach Workshops

Through partnerships with local social service organizations, NY Writers Coalition provides weekly workshop opportunities for youth and adults in New York City in several core programs: Criminal Justice, Health & Wellness, Homeless & Formerly Homeless, LGBTQ, Women & Girls, and Youth. These workshops are free and part of long-term programs, with each writing group running a minimum of six months.

** If you’d like to bring NYWC workshops to your organization, please complete the Program Partner Inquiry form. PLEASE NOTE: The workshops listed below are not open to the public. For more information regarding our public programs, please click here. **

NOTE: Some workshops fall under more than one program category

Criminal Justice Programs

  • Rikers Island, North Infirmary Command (NIC): Workshop for men currently incarcerated at Rikers Island.
  • The Lighthouse: Workshop at a transitional living residence for formerly homeless & runaway youth in Manhattan.

Health & Wellness Programs

  • 14th Street Y- Educational Center for Retired Adults:  Two workshops in Manhattan for older adults, center operated by The Educational Alliance.
  • Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library: Workshop primarily for visually impaired in a branch of the New York Public Library in Chelsea, Manhattan.
  • CIDNY: Center for Independence of the Disabled, Manhattan, services for people with physical and mental disabilities.
  • Creative Center:  Workshop at an arts center in Manhattan for people living with cancer.
  • JUF Day Hab: Workshop for adults with physical and mental disabilities in Brooklyn.
  • NY Presbyterian Psychiatric Unit: Two workshops for inpatients in acute care in Manhattan hospital.
  • Port Morris Wellness Center: Workshop in a community clinic for patients undergoing treatment for opiate abuse/dependency on methadone maintenance. The clinic is a South Bronx outpost of the Division of Substance Abuse of Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
  • SAGE: Workshop at a Manhattan community center for GLBT elders
  • Serendipity II: Workshop at a residence in Brooklyn for formerly incarcerated women seeking substance abuse treatment.
  • Two Bridges: Workshop at a mental health shelter for women experiencing homelessness.
  • VISIONS: Workshop for blind seniors in a residence for the blind and visually impaired in Manhattan.

Homeless & Formerly Homeless Programs

  • The Lighthouse: Workshop at a transitional living residence for formerly homeless & runaway youth in Manhattan.
  • The Times Square: Workshop at a supportive housing residence for low-income/formerly homeless adults, individuals with serious mental illness and persons living with HIV/AIDS.
  • Tillary Street Women’s Shelter: Workshop at an Institute for Community Living (ICU) shelter for women living with mental illness and substance abuse disorders.
  • Two Bridges: Workshop at a mental health shelter for women experiencing homelessness.

LGBTQ Programs

  • SAGE:  Two workshops at Manhattan community center for LGBT elders.

Women & Girls Programs

  • Rikers Island, Rose M. Singer Center (RMSC): Workshop for women currently incarcerated on Rikers Island. ON HIATUS.
  • Tillary Street Women’s Shelter: Workshop at an Institute for Community Living (ICU) shelter for women living with mental illness and substance abuse disorders.
  • Two Bridges: Workshop at a mental health shelter for women experiencing homelessness.

Youth Programs