Columbus Montessori Education Center Hosts AWTT Portraits

Columbus Montessori Education Center hosts eight AWTT portrait in February and March 2026.

AWTT on National Writing Project Radio

A February 2023, National Writing Project (NWP) podcast features artist Robert Shetterly, AWTT education director Connie Carter, and Richard Koch, founder of the Mindful Writing Workshop (MWW), as they speak with Tanya Baker, Director of Programs at the National Writing Project (NWP), about how to support young people to tell the truth and make a […]

Dorothy, Samantha, Claudette, Barbara and Jaysa on the Yellow Brick Road

One of the great adventures in literature and myth is that of the Hero’s Journey. A  person – in fairy tales it’s often a young prince, but really anyone – young or old, male or female, LGBTQ, of any race or ethnicity, sets out on a quest. The quest may be to rescue someone in […]

AWTT Focusing on Narrative Activism

The job of AWTT is to tell people, especially young people, true stories, stories that allow them to act forjustice, stories that give them permission to work for the common good, stories that call out their couragerather than prey on their fears and insecurities and prejudices. We want to tell people stories that inspire them […]