ABOUT WRITE NOW! SF BAY
Led by and for BIPOC Bay Area writers since 2015
Builds multicultural solidarity around
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our unique identities as people of color
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reclamation of our culture and history
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personal and community well-being
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civil liberties and social justice
At Write Now! SF Bay we bring together established and emerging writers across race, class, age, and other barriers. We are poets, memoirists, fiction writers, essayists and more. Our work reflects the complex realities of San Francisco’s 60% people of color—from the formerly homeless to educators, healers, activists, and just plain folks working for change. Over 350 writers and artists have participated in our programs.
WRITE NOW! SF BAY TEAM...
Director: Shizue Seigel. writenowsf@gmail.com
Admin Assistants: Jennifer Banta Yoshida & Rosalie Cavallaro
Consultant: Lenore Naxon, planning and marketing
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Andre Le Mont Wilson, poet and advocate for the LGBTQ and disability communities
Dondi Dancy, writer, paralegal
Tehmina Khan, English professor, City College of San Francisco
Christl Rikka Perkins, writer, teacher, The Academy, San Francisco public high school
Kelechi Ubozoh, mental health consultant, editor, facilitator
ADVISORS
Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emerita
Avotcja, poet, musician, DJ at KPOO and KPFA radio
Thomas Robert Simpson, director, Afro-Solo Theater Company
Nancy Wang, co-director, Eth-Noh-Tec
Sandra Bass, Associate Dean and Director of the Public Service Center, UC Berkeley
Christl Rikka Perkins, writer, teacher, The Academy, San Francisco public high school
Lina Begonia, poet, communications manager, Bookstore West Portal
FUNDERS
Write Now! is fiscally sponsored by Intersection for the Arts. We have been supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission, California Arts Council, California State Library's California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, California Humanities, Center for Cultural Innovation, Community Vision, Grants for the Arts, Literary Arts Emergency Fund, National Book Foundation, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Academy of American Poets, and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center.