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When: Thursday, March 26, 6:30pm
Where: Watha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library (945 Rhode Island NW, 2.5 blocks from the Shaw/Howard Metro stop on the green line)
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Join us after the orientation around 8 p.m. for drinks at Veranda (1100 P St NW, verandaonp.com) and get to know the CLWC crew and volunteers!

Questions? Let us know!

The Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs (OLA) has awarded CLWC a grant in the amount of $30,000 to partially fund the hiring of an executive director. OLA was impressed with our work thus far, pleased that we're actively working to ensure we reach the Latino students of DC and supportive of our plan to open our center in Columbia Heights, home to a large percentage of the District's Latino community.

For this month's Teen Fiction Workshop, students joined volunteers Erin J, Micael B, and Kelly N. for a lively collaborative story writing session. They took turns reading a story called "David's Haircut" by Ken Elkes and then launched into a discussion which segued into the first writing exercise.

Inspiration for the stories in the first exercise came from a bag of sundry objects, including a key, candle, rock, bobble-head turtle, sunglasses, hard boiled egg cutter (not sharp, don't worry!), and a scarf for inspiration. Laughter quickly ensued as illustrations were included with the story writing.

The final exercise was a story rotation, which is when one person starts the story with a sentence and then passes it on down the line. Everyone wound up roaring with laughter, with the store's patrons staring at us.

It was a great Sunday afternoon.

-Erin J.

> More photos and an excerpt from one of the rotation stories.