Mar Vista Journalism Workshop – The Winter Issue
826LA Mar Vista 12515 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesViva Mar Vista is 826LA’s quarterly newspaper entirely written by our students and distributed throughout the community. Students will become journalists during this six session workshop as they brainstorm, research, write, and edit their own articles. We’ll celebrate the publication … Read more
Volunteering 101 – Manual Arts
Manual Arts High School 4131 S Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, United StatesThis Volunteering 101 is not restricted to, but highly encouraged for, individuals interested in volunteering in the 826LA Writers' Room at Manual Arts High School. During Volunteering 101 you’ll get information about the history and mission of 826, hear about our … Read more
Echo Park’s Barnacle’s Bookworms
826LA Echo Park 1714 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesBarnacle’s Bookworms is a reading-focused workshop where elementary school students receive one-on-one reading support. Volunteers help them build their literacy skills and their love of reading. Strong tutor-student relationships will help build the foundation for their reading success, so consistency … Read more
826LA@theBroad: Art+Rhyme+Story
The Broad 221 S Grand AveCA 90012, Los Angeles, CA, United States826LA is heading to The Broad in Downtown Los Angeles! Students from our Mar Vista's After School Tutoring programs will take a trip to the contemporary art museum. We'll be viewing the art and writing about what it means to … Read more
Echo Park Workshop: The Poetry Machine
826LA Echo Park 1714 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesStep inside the Poetry Machine, and generate random, wacky, poems while making new friends. During the workshop, students will use dice to randomly generate a series of poems and drawings. The first activity will be a collaborative poem where students … Read more
Echo Park Journalism
826LA Echo Park 1714 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPull out your press pass and fire up your steno pad, journalism students work with 826LA tutors to select a compelling subject, and write, edit, and publish a quarterly newspaper, The Good Times, that’s distributed around our community. Signup at … Read more
Mar Vista’s Barnacle’s Bookworms
826LA Mar Vista 12515 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesBarnacle’s Bookworms is a reading-focused workshop where elementary school students receive one-on-one reading support. Volunteers help them build their literacy skills and their love of reading. Strong tutor-student relationships will help build the foundation for their reading success, so consistency … Read more
Volunteering 101 – Echo Park
826LA Echo Park 1714 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDuring Volunteering 101 you’ll get information about the history and mission of 826, hear about our different aspects of programming, watch a fun and informative tutor training video, receive our tutor handbook, get registered as a volunteer, and of course … Read more
Mar Vista Workshop: Can You Smell the Future?
826LA Mar Vista 12515 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWhat does the future smell like? Follow your nose to this science fiction writing workshop! We'll use our sense of smell as a starting point for crafting strong descriptive prose. Then we will examines the work of two contemporary artists … Read more
Echo Park Workshop: Writing for Pets
826LA Echo Park 1714 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA workshop classic from 826 Valencia, Writing for Pets works wonders with the shyest and most reluctant writers. Students will learn the basics of genre-writing for different animals—dogs love action stories, for example, and cats love odes to cats. Every … Read more