Young Authors Greenhouse

Radical, Timely, Urgent 2024 | (Louisville) $10,000 to support The Youth Voice Committee, a new program to deepen youth leadership opportunities in Louisville and acknowledge the expertise of young people in middle and high school who are passionate about the power of writing and committed to addressing pressing issues in our city and country on another level than they had in the past, including engaging with the state legislative process. This would be a way for up to ten young women who previously participated in a book project in their classroom to continue to promote and advocate for their causes on a deeper level alongside their peers.

2023 Art Meets Activism | (Louisville) $7,715 to create a youth-directed book writing project involving 40-45 young women (ages 11-14) as they choose a poetry or creative non-fiction writing theme that addresses what matters most to them. They will discuss leadership, improve writing skills, learn how writing can be a powerful way to create change and take part in the publishing process.

2022 Art Meets Activism | (Louisville) $3,295 to produce a book writing program for young women (ages 11-14) that uses poetry and creative non-fiction to celebrate food and explore how food is central to care, memory, health, and feelings. This program will challenge assumptions and foster a deeper appreciation for food culture as it relates to female identity.

2021 Art Meets Activism | (Louisville) $6,870 to offer a book writing program to thirty to thirty-five young women who will use poetry and creative non-fiction to explore and share what it means to be a middle-school girl in the twenty-first century—challenging the status quo and expectations that come with being a girl. This project will amplify the voices of young women and create a space for intergenerational learning.

2020 Art Meets Activism | (Louisville) $3,200 to offer a chapbook writing program for 15 to 20 young women to write poems that explore a range of themes including identity, feminism, home, food, and growing up. Participants will gain increased confidence, self-efficacy, and verbalization skills related to feminism, and strengthened support networks.