Stories Tagged ‘activism’


A Day in the Field: Jax Kitchen

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

(VOICES Photo/Josh Garcia)
I picked up Hector Mendoza and Lilliana Lopez and we got to Oracle as fast as we could. Hector was running late for his interview, so he got a crash course on photography from Lilliana in the car. We arrived as the sun began to set, and one of the owners of Jax [...]

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An interview: Reed Dickson, VOICES mentor

Monday, December 7th, 2009

What led you to VOICES? Why are you here?
I came to VOICES because … I’ve seen how writing can transform lives.  When I arrived in Tucson, I was looking for a community literacy organization to support but I wasn’t sure how available I would be.  After visiting, it became clear that VOICES would put to [...]

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What’s in a name … no really, we’re asking.

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Stephanie here. Lots of you know that this is a very exciting time for VOICES because we are merging with another youth voice nonprofit called SharMoore Children’s Productions, which takes stories that young people write or illustrate and brings them to a public audience, whether that’s theatre or in book form. 
Together, SMPC and VOICES will [...]

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