Building social engagement through community conversations in The Bronx.
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• Mail a check: The Literary Freedom Project, 557 Grand Concourse, PMB 143, Bronx NY 10451
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• Purchase “Bookworms vs Everybody” merch
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Sustainers help build community conversations, publish Mosaic, and present our annual conference.
Aaron Zimmerman, Andrea Kihlstedt, Barbara Roman, Bill Aguado, Bridgett Davis & Rob Fields, Chiwoniso Kaitano, Colin & Trudy Turner, Crystal George, Erika Stuart, Gregory Baffuto, Horace Mann School, Jamel Shabazz, Kalisha Buckhanon, Kamilah Foreman, Katharine Freeman, Kimberly Acosta, Kirkus Media, Liliana Peralta, Lisa Wilde, Madeline Muniz, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Noelle Santos, Omayra Acosta, Perrin Family Charitable Trust, R. Reynoso, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Ron Kavanaugh, Sabrina D. Farr, Shawn Frazier, Shelley Karliner, Troy Johnson
Supporters help us create a vibrant literary community.
Aisha Gomez, Alexandra Watson, Alicia Grullon, Andrea Gonzalez-Cruz, Andrea Thompson, Andrew Sabl, Ange Brandon, Angel Franco, Angela G Brown, Anna Vasquez-Howard, Arlene James, Ayesha Akhtar, Blanka Amezkua, Brenda Greene, Brigid Hughes, Bridgett Davis, Caren Leslie, Carol Brown, Chip Stewart, Christian Mclean, Christine Licata, Christopher Bassett, Claire Mci, Clarence Reynolds, Constance Collier-Mercado, Crystal George, Cynthia Reddrick, Dadi Vigfusson, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, Dalaeja Foreman, Dara Marsh, Debra Anderson, Deidre Lewis, E.J. McAdams, Ellen Luger, Eric Nelson, Erick Boustead, Fernando Ramirez, Freida Jones, Gilmarie Brioso, Glenda R. Taylor, Irene Perez, Ivan Gaete, Jan Scott, Jane Gabriels, Jasmine Cintron, Jennifer Baker, Johanna Gartland, John Keene, Kagiso Johnson, Kakwasi Somadhi, Kenneth Alexander, Khalya Hopkins, Laila Patino, LaToya Wilcox, Laura James, Laura Polan, Leonard Greene, Linda Coombs, Linda Cunningham, Linda Duggins, Lonice Eversley, Lydia Adegbola, Kalisha Buckhanon, Madaha Kinsey-Lamb, Mariahadessa Tallie, Marie Brown, Marta Sandoval, Melissa Rosenthal, Michael Wells, Molly Silberberg, Natasha Tarpley, Nicole Sealey, Olukemi Ilesanmi, Omayra Acosta, Pascale Duroseau, Paul Coates, Paula Ramirez, Patrick Oliver, Peter Lamphere & Reniqua Allen, Ray Pultinas, Rebecca Allan, Rhonda Campbell, Rhonda Dorsey-Prude, Robert Sanderman, Robyn Mahone-Lonesome, Rochelle Spencer, Roland Jefferson, Ronald McKenzie, Rosamund King, Rosemarie DaCosta, Russell Stockard, Salem Tsegaye, Sarata Toriola, Sharan Strange, Sharon Browning, Harris, Sung Kim, Susan Stedman, Suzanne Lio, Tanya McKinnon, Taura Ottey, Tiffany Martinbrough, Tony Mitchelson, Vatasha Frazier, Vernon Ross, Veronica Feliciano, Veronica Liu, Wilma Cortez
Mosaic Literary Conference 2018
#MeToo & The Movement: Black Women Writers Conjuring in the Continuum
Keisha-Gaye Anderson, Diamond Sharp, JP Howard, and Nina Angela Mercer
About us
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. Linking cultural identity to reading can establish a fundamental foundation for the growth of smart, creative, and engaged communities.
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, 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.
Header: June 2024, Hosting a community conversation at the Bronx River Community Garden
One Book One Bronx
at Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education