2026 SpeakOut! is launching on May 1 at the Global Village Museum as part of First Friday events AND the 20 Years of SpeakOut!: A Community Writing Retrospective exhibit at the museum. Come to listen and participate in the stories launched on May 1. Event at museum runs from 6pm to 9pm. Reading from 7pm […]
Operating at sites of crisis, the SpeakOut! initiative’s community writing workshops have offered people experiencing difficult times and going through recovery a creative outlet since 2005. To highlight the program’s impact, 20 Years of SpeakOut!: A Community Writing Retrospective at Global Village Museum features words and artwork that crisscross human experiences with expressions of love, […]
Listen to this recording from 2014 — women in the Larimer County Jail recount all the wonderful, burdening, unburdening things that hands do.
The CLC is ringing with enthusiasm as five new interns facilitate workshops in Larimer County Community Corrections, Acqua Recovery, and Harvest Farm. Take a few minutes to meet them here.
Excerpt from recent article: “The writing contained in this SpeakOut! issue was not generated in a vacuum,” the introduction reads. “Every piece grew from a writer touched by their world. They echo with the inexhaustible material of loved ones’ laughs, but also memories writers would often rather forget. They are interwoven with fragments of joy […]
Know a coffee shop that needs a few copies? A favorite hangout? A dentist’s office? Help us distribute SpeakOut! journals far and wide! Write us at clc@colostate.edu or stop by our office for a handful of copies!
CLC exhibits 20 years of writing and art in Old Town Poudre Library A new exhibition at the Old Town branch of Poudre Library represents the creative prowess of the hundreds of writers and artists who have participated in SpeakOut! community writing workshops since 2005. The words and artwork featured crisscross human experiences with […]
Catch a glimpse of the 2023-2024 SpeakOut! journal in “little libraries” in Rossport, Ontario or Cody, Wyoming!
Get yours by writing clc@colostate.edu. Features writing from Aspen Ridge Recovery, Community Corrections and Work Release, and Harvest Farms PLUS our newest creative satellite group and Larimer County Probation!
Pop-up Story Exchange Wall at the FoCo Cafe sponsored by Braden, one of interns in the Community Literacy Center. Scroll through photos to see a close up!
