MISSION
Write with Pride cultivates brave and barrier-breaking spaces for LGBT+ youth in order to build community and provide resources that foster well-being.

ABOUT
As part of her Academy American Poet Laureate Fellowship, Murfreesboro Poet Laureate Amie Whittemore is partnering with Southern Word to create brave writing and sharing spaces for LGBT+ teens in Davidson and Rutherford Counties. Over the course of the year, Write with Pride Coordinator Taria Person will lead school workshops in collaboration with LGBT+ clubs, hosting out-of-school writing sessions and open mics, and executing a youth conference on the MTSU campus as part of the LGBT+ College Conference.

Please reach out to [email protected] if you are interested in partnering and growing this initiative. This includes sponsorship opportunities to match investments by the Academy of American poets and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.