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
Rockefeller Brothers Fund and The Pocantico Center
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
Annabelle Foundation
Penguin RandomHouse
Simon & Schuster

COMMUNITY PARTNERS
BAAD/The Bronx Academy of Art & Dance
Bronx Library Center/NYPL
The Bronx Collab
The Bronx Museum
The Bronx River Community Garden
BronxArtSpace
Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education
James Baldwin Outdoor Learning Center
The Laundromat Project
Lehman College/CUNY
Urban Health Plan

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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
Ángel Antonio, Associate, Director of Arts and Culture at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College
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
Jamilah King, Writer and Editorial Director at Mother Jones
Christine Licata, Arts Consulting and Creative Impact Investing / 9e BotanicArte
Brittany A. McCoy, Managing Director, The Bronx Defenders
Liv Minick, DEI Leader and Teaching Artist.