Cedar Tree Inc.
Mission Statement Cedar Tree, Inc. transforms lives through reading and writing. We conduct literary workshops in prisons, detention centers, community centers, and schools for at-risk youth. Our mission is to offer under-served communities the tools to overcome obstacles to learning. Drawing on participants' life-based experiences, Cedar Tree, Inc. workshops change lives forever. |
News and Events |
Jimmy Santiago Baca and a group of Cedar Tree interns will be traveling to Oklahoma City in September to conduct writing workshops in a women's prison. A Cedar Tree camera crew will be on hand to film the event. Cedar Tree, Inc., in conjunction with the University of New Mexico's Department of Education, is developing a writing workshop curriculum that will be available, along with an anthology and documentary films, for use by educators across North America. The curriculum will allow educators to implement Cedar Tree's humanistic, compassion-based approach in workshops of their own. Congratulations to the students of New Futures High School for young mothers, who designed, edited, and published an anthology of their writing in May. Entitled Mujeristas 2008, the collection prominently features the poetry of Cedar Tree workshop participants. Cedar Tree, Inc. is within weeks of completing it's third documentary, Lost Voices. Jimmy Santiago Baca will be traveling to the following areas for poetry readings and Cedar Tree workshops: (contact us for dates and times) September- Northern New Mexico October- University of Virginia November- San Antonio, TX December- Albuquerque, NM January- Reno, NV March- Flagstaff, AZ April- Glendora, CA
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