WHAT WE DO
Community-Word Project is a New York City based 501(c)(3) arts-in-education organization that inspires children in underserved communities to read, interpret and respond to their world and to become active citizens through collaborative arts residencies and teacher training programs.
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TEACHING ARTIST TRAINING
Rigorous training and mentoring prepares artists to achieve academic and curricular goals while drawing upon their professional passion.
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COLLABORATIVE ARTS RESIDENCIES
Multi-disciplinary, arts-integrated curriculum provides alternative learning strategies for writing and creative expression.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Purposeful collaboration with teachers and administrators improves arts pedagogy and enhances curricular outcomes.
OUR NEWS
2020 CWP Associate Board of Directors
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Meet the Associate Board Members behind The Art Inside Initiative READ MORELiterary Activism: Recommended Reading
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Community-Word Project is proud to recommend a series of publications to engage activism and community. Many of the books are penned by current and former Community-Word Project Teaching Artists and Teaching Artist Project alums. READ MOREBlack Lives Matter
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Community-Word Project stands in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter READ MOREGET INVOLVED
Help us fundamentally change the lives of NYC kids.
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Donate
Inspire lifelong learners by supporting arts education. Fundamentally change the lives of underserved kids.
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Teach
Train and work as a teaching artist and expand your passion for literacy and the arts into underserved classrooms.
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