Launched in 2005, the Literary Freedom Project is an arts organization based in the Bronx that understands the significant role cultural identity plays in the development of intelligent, creative, and engaged communities. These qualities are crucial for the sustenance and strengthening of cultures and can be nurtured through a blend of academic, vocational, and pleasure reading.

Our programs seek to build a cohesive conversation that places books, culture, and education at the center of all program development. In 1998, LFP launched Mosaic Literary Magazine, which focuses on the literary arts by people of African descent and is supplemented by lesson plans for high school educators. The magazine was followed in 2002 by the Mosaic Literary Conference. MLC is an annual event that provides a platform for literature-based creative thinking and knowledge sharing. One Book One Bronx, launched in 2017, hosts weekly public restorative conversations related to gentrification, social justice, women’s empowerment, criminal justice, racial inequality, and more.

Program Support
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council
New York State Council on the Arts
The New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund
Donations
Citizens Committee of New York City
LitNYS
Humanities New York
Annabelle Foundation
Penguin RandomHouse
Simon & Schuster
Humanities New York
Amazon Literary Partnership, 2022
Kirkus Review, 2022
Mosaic Network and Fund in New York Community Trust, 2021
The Laundromat Project Pay-It-Forward Initiative, 2021
Literary Arts Emergency Fund, supported by the Mellon Foundation, 2021
The Jerome Foundation, 2021

Community Partners
Bronx Library Center/NYPL
The Bronx Museum
BronxArtSpace
Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education
James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center
The Laundromat Project
Lehman College/CUNY
Zambo Aroma

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Literary Freedom Project
557 Grand Concourse PMB 143
Bronx, NY 10451
Contact: info@literaryfreedom.org or 347-454-2161

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Board Chair
Haydil Henriquez, NYC Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Manager

Board Members
Bill Aguado, Executive Director, En Foco, Inc.
Stephanie J. Alvarado, artist
Nicole Dennis-Benn, writer and educator, Patsy and Here Comes the Sun
Kelsey Evans, Executive Director, The Roew
Ron Kavanaugh, Executive Director, Literary Freedom Project
Christine Licata, Executive Director, No Longer Empty

 MOSAIC LITERARY CONFERENCE: JAMES BALDWIN
November 19, 2016
Bronx Museum of the Arts