Who We Are

Writers Room is a university-community literary arts program engaged in creative placemaking and art for social justice. We are a diverse, intergenerational collective of students/alumni, faculty/staff, and neighborhood residents whose work demonstrates a desire for collaborative opportunities in our joint communities. Everything we do is free and open to all.

We start with story.

Origin
Story

“What if we created a writers house here, but one with community involvement from the beginning?”

—JOHN FRY, President, Drexel University

Community-Engaged& Experiential Learning

“Whether or not we want to acknowledge it, we are bound to everyone around us. Being part of Writers Room has allowed me to look at things differently. That perspective has traveled with me into the rest of my life.”

—natasha hajo, BA ‘19

Transformative, not transactional

Writers Room students develop creativity, adaptability, emotional intelligence, and the ability to collaborate with diverse partners.

Cross-Discipline &
Cross-Sector

We dream
& we do