OUR MISSION: To support individuals and organizations that promote forms of the spoken, written, and sung word as a tool for personal and communal transformation.

Power of Words Conference: Join us October 25-29, 2012 in Philadelphia for our 9th conference with keynote presenter, writer, teacher, activists and visionary Jimmy Santiago Baca. Other keynoters and performers include Ruth Gendler, Kao Kue, Deb Hensley, Sherry Reiter, Regina Ress, Taina Asili, Tamara Smiley Hamilton, plus workshops presented by over two dozen writers, storytellers, performers, musicians, community leaders, activists, educators and health professionals.

On-Line Classes: Our next on-line class is Reggie Marra's "Integrally Informed Writing to Know the Self." Check out this innovative, mind- and heart-opening approach to using writing to know the self and change your life.

The Power of Words: A Transformative Language Arts Reader: The definitive work on TLA, edited by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg and Janet Tallman, is available for sale.