Celebrate with us
Friday, August 14, 2009
Second Story and Y-Press will join the community in celebrating the success of the summer project on the Near Eastside on Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. at the East Washington Branch Library. In this 10-day journalism project, children from the Near Eastside, mostly in fourth and fifth grades, worked with high-school students from the Y-Press to create a series of audio slideshows telling the stories of life in the neighborhood. The young people will present their projects and talk about their experiences at this free event.
Check out all of the audio slideshows here.
Eastside Camp Gets Started
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Second Story's first summer day camp, a partnership with Y-Press, started June 17 at the John H. Boner Center on East 10th Street on the city's Near Eastside.
The 10-day camp brings a group of high-school age writers and editors from the
Y-press together to mentor teams of elementary students from the Near Eastside as they create stories about people in their neighborhood. The final product will be audio slide shows with pictures and recorded interviews. The elementary students will create the recordings and take the pictures.
Second Story has two more creative writing camps planned for the summer in partnership with Indy Parks at Garfield Park. Details can be found in a previous post below.
Second Story connects with Butler on a new course
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Second Story has developed a new course in conjunction with Butler University where undergraduate and graduate students work with young people on creative writing in IPS schools. The new course, taught by Managing Director Jim Walker, starts this fall. Read the full story on Butler's website
here.
Second Story meets its match
Monday, April 06, 2009
Thanks to a successful Underground fundraiser and other generous support from the community, The Second Story was able to meet its three-month fundraising goal to receive a $10,000 match from The Indianapolis Foundation, a Central Indiana Community Foundation affiliate. This is a portion of the $25,000 grant Second Story received from The Indianapolis Foundation in November of 2008.
