This fall, Free Minds members made history! Free Minds was featured in a nationally televised program, PBS’s The Great American Read. 

The author and self-proclaimed spoken word artist Elizabeth Acevedo, who is no stranger to titles (National Poetry Slam Champion and author of New York Times bestselling novel-in-verse The Poet X), made…

We cannot be what we cannot see. – Jason Reynolds, New York Times best-selling author What would be your first purchase if you signed a major book deal at 21…

On July 17, Free Minds staff, Poet Ambassadors, and friends gathered at Pepco Edison Place Gallery to celebrate the new Free Minds Congressman John Lewis Fellowship, a one-year paid position…

Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop was invited to amplify our members’ voices at the Atlantic’s “Justice in America” event in May. Grateful for the opportunity to fulfill our…