Life Journeys Writing and Mentoring

Dear Givers and Lovers of the Literary Arts,

     The Life Journeys Writers Club, Inc., under the Life Journeys Writing and Mentoring Project (LJW&M), has branched out to film production! The finality of its summer project, a film titled The Prison Plumb Line, A Lyrical Drama and produced by LJWC debuts Friday, September 23, 2022, as a Drive-in Premiere. Next, it will run for at-risk youth, men, and women to encourage them to gain their voice and validation via the written word in all mediums! And with your precious donations and goodwill, we’ll distribute it to high schools, colleges, and film festivals—showing how other groups can produce and put their own spin on the important message. We are expectant and grateful to demonstrate second chances, decision-making, civility, and critical thinking in innovative ways. This effort will take us through 2023. LJWC also gave a platform and stipends to local actors, directors, stagehands, and musicians.

     This summer (2022), LJWC also conducted LJW&M workshops and/or mentoring to many who wished to creatively express and/or emotionally heal themselves via the Literary Arts, virtually in Maryland, Texas, New Jersey and North Carolina, and in-person in Maryland and Indiana.

     During our Big Quarterlies (January, April, July [thus far]), we brought to our participants informative presentations from a prominent entertainment attorney, a popular musician, vocalist and composer, and a prominent filmmaker, who talked about open doors of opportunities, and ways to put our literary works on film, and a New York Times Bestselling author’s literary journey gave us all hope and knowhow.

    And with your help, we are poised to keep it going! Overall, LJWC is looking forward to conducting more monthly writing workshops, giving away more literary-incentive gifts (like laptops, books, and school supplies), changing lives (especially the underserved and underrepresented), and making a socially conscious impact moving forward for the rest of 2022 and 2023.

     For fifteen years and counting, the LJWC has served as an economic bridge of access for those wanting and needing to engage in the literary arts. Its Life Journeys Writing and Mentoring Workshop Project brings the act of writing, i.e., its creative, critical thinking, life skills tools, an appreciation for writing, and fun-filled/therapeutic nurturing qualities to new and broader audiences. It also financially supports the projects of writers. It is a vehicle to create socially impactful statements of awareness, social, cultural, and gender tolerance, and civility that stir fruitful discourse at the hearing and writing of creative works.

     The LJWC activates inclusion—especially for those who feel unheard and shut out. The LJWC was deemed the most diverse organization in its local tri-county area. And in every region, it touches, it seeks to mentor, inform, and give platforms to poets and fiction/nonfiction writers alike. It aims to widen one’s sensibilities to all types of voices that can be dutifully expressed, through prose and poetry, raising the visibility of artists and art forms. It seeks to encourage engagement in literary arts and the publishing industry once thought to be unattainable to some. It works to include underserved and underrepresented populations, including the incarcerated and disabled populations (e.g., the visually impaired and the hearing impaired).

     Kindly, I hope you will spread the good word on the wealth of writing, how we’re working hard to make a difference, and that even a modest monthly gift such as $10 (tax-deductible) can make all the difference—in our outreach and work!  

     All in all, we are very grateful! 

Thank you,

Yvonne J. Medley, Founder/Executive Director

   ***The Life Journeys Writers Club, Inc. (our DBA is Life Journeys Writers Guild) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization celebrating fifteen years, serving those passionate about the Literary Arts and making a difference in the world around us. The LJWG serves as an economic and empowerment bridge of access to the Literary Arts and its therapeutic benefits through Literary Therapy. www.lifejourneyswritersguild.org 240.427.LJWG (5594)

   ***DONORS, a copy of Life Journeys Writers Club’s current financial statement is available by writing LJWC, 1282 Smallwood Drive, W., Suite 107, Waldorf, MD 20603 or calling (240) 427-LJWG (5594). Documents and information submitted under the Maryland Solicitations Act are also available, for the cost of postage and copies, from the Maryland Secretary of State, State House, Annapolis MD 21401, (410) 974-5534.

Links:

• Life Journeys Writers Club, Inc.