Freedom Writers - Book, Film and Swank

Freedom Writers - Book & Film

1. Movie trailer
2. Photo gallery
3. Hillary Swank talks about 'Freedom writers' ( video )
4. Freedom writers original music soundtrack

Let's get down to business. Which happens to be the Erin Gruwell education project, better known as the freedom writers project. "In the fall of 1994, in Room 203 at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, an idealistic twenty-four-year-old teacher named Erin Gruwell faced her first group of students, dubbed by the administration as "unteachable, at-risk" teenagers."

Twelve years later, as the sun rises on 2007, Erin Gruwell is a hero. She is a shining example that writers do not live in an ivory tower. That writers can, and do, make a difference, not besides, but because of their writing. I'm sure tons of ink will be spilled on Ms Gruwell, and of course, Hillary Swank. But what about the teachers, writers and activists out there, struggling to light a spark, make a difference? Fear not, I list you here.

Dr. Bob Farmer - Sitting in that call room, I found myself engaging in some serious introspection. The time had come to lasso the sunshine. The time had come to embrace the opportunity the Lord had given me. I had been given the chance to help others who were ailing. Reflecting upon the overwhelming positives of my chosen field, how could I possibly focus on an occasional negative?

Deborah Meier - Meier has spent more than four decades working in public education as a teacher, writer and public advocate. A learning theorist, she encourages new approaches that enhance democracy and equity in public education. Her books, The Power of Their Ideas, Lessons to America from a Small School in Harlem (1995), Will Standards Save Public Education (2000), In Schools We Trust (2002), Keeping School, with Ted and Nancy Sizer (2004) and Many Children Left Behind (2004) are all published by Beacon Press.

Kalisha Buckhanon - After graduation, Kalisha worked a series of day jobs in Chicago and continued to work on her writing at night....she supported herself with freelance writing, temporary jobs and teaching opportunities with non-profits throughout New York City.

Teresa Antonia Broccoli - She is a writer and social worker.

If you think you deserve to be listed in this page, send me an email. Conditions? You're a writer, you do some good, whatever form that may be in, with the help of, or besides, your writing. Who knows? Maybe you could end up as the inspiration for a film after twelve years.