PROMOTING LITERACY IN OUR SCHOOLS

The Etruscan Press Educational Outreach Program brings acclaimed authors to work with under-served students in area high schools, increasing the literacy of the students and offering a general appreciation for the literary arts.

Etruscan Press Outreach was developed to:

• Expand cultural and literary awareness of students in Northeast Ohio and Pennsylvania
• Demonstrate a love of literature to young people
• Promote intercultural acceptance and understanding
• Prepare under-served students for success in college
• Promote literacy and love of reading

Our Educational Outreach Program serves communities surrounding the two geographical hubs for Etruscan Press: Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio and Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. For information on participating in our outreach program or about our outreach books (introduced below), please contact us.

Student feedback

“I feel I gained leadership qualities and how to keep pushing myself to achieve goals no matter what. I would like more writers to visit.” – K.L., 9th grader

“I gained courage in reading my story to the audience and I enjoyed meeting a real writer.” -James T., 10th grader

“I was a little nervous to go up and read my story. I gained self-confidence and enjoyed reading my story to all the people in my class.” -Takayla A., 9th grader

Recent programs

• Over 1,000 students in classrooms in Youngstown, OH, received copies of Lynn Lurie’s Quick Kills and Laurie Jean Cannady’s Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul. Along with Etruscan Executive Director Philip Brady, both authors visited with the students in the Youngstown classrooms.
• Little Free Libraries were installed in Youngstown, OH at the Fairgreen Neighborhood Garden and Park Vista Senior Living Community to promote literacy and the love of reading through free book sharing.

Outreach books include:

• Crave: Sojourn of a Hungry Soul
• Quick Kills
• Poems and Their Making: A Conversation
• Synergos: Selected Poems