“This class makes me believe in who I am.”
Elder Project
Fighting isolation by bringing the literary community to Bay Area seniors. Litquake’s Elder Project brings creative writing and storytelling workshops to retirement communities and senior centers across San Francisco and Oakland. Weekly writing sessions combined with hands-on creative exercises stimulate the senses and memory, and provide an outlet for elders to preserve and share their stories through creative writing.
The classes provide powerful moments of connection and creativity. Participants share their work in a printed anthology and at our annual Litquake Festival. 100+ elders annually at 4 locations.
Fighting isolation by bringing the literary community to Bay Area seniors. Litquake’s Elder Project brings creative writing and storytelling workshops to retirement communities and senior centers across San Francisco and Oakland. Weekly writing sessions combined with hands-on creative exercises stimulate the senses and memory, and provide an outlet for elders to preserve and share their stories through creative writing.
The classes provide powerful moments of connection and creativity. Participants share their work in a printed anthology and at our annual Litquake Festival. 100+ elders annually at 4 locations.
Interested in attending Elder Project classes, or know someone who might be?
Email elderproject23 [at] gmail [dot] com
Email elderproject23 [at] gmail [dot] com
Testimonials
“…urges us to dig deeper, go forward… it’s powerful.”
“This project has been one of the best things I’ve experienced as a (somewhat begrudging) elder.” |
“I just can’t imagine my life now without the wonderful people I met in these classes.”
“…helped me look for the poetry that’s in everyday life.” |
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Our Mission
Litquake’s diverse live programs are created with the aim of inspiring critical engagement with the key issues of the day, bringing people together around the common humanity encapsulated in literature, and perpetuating a sense of literary community, as well as a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing.
Litquake’s diverse live programs are created with the aim of inspiring critical engagement with the key issues of the day, bringing people together around the common humanity encapsulated in literature, and perpetuating a sense of literary community, as well as a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing.