Timeless Memories: Forward by Pastor Keith Ross

First, I would like to thank my friend and brother Eric L. Jones, Sr. for giving me the opportunity to write this Forward. Our friendship has stood the test of time due to our developed love for one another growing up. Being a minister of the gospel, I must start with this scripture which is, …

Dreading School by Jakyia

By the end of my fifth grade year, I was really beginning to hate school because I was being bullied. I dealt with kids calling me names, and calling me out of my name. The thing is, I had not said or done anything to them for them to be saying the things they were …

Hidden Shame by Lisa A. Griffiths

Nobody knows the mask that I wear, It looks like confidence but smells like fear. If I could seem perfect than no one would know, What really happened all those nights long ago. A little girl, her innocence forever betrayed, With nowhere to go, she was silent and stayed. In time the pain was too …

Writing for the Soul Workshop™ Meet & Greet

“This program should be offered in every community.” -Mayor Robert Stevens, City of Springfield, MO Do you serve the youth and/or adult population here in Little Rock, Arkansas? Would you like to do more in your community? Are you looking for sustainable, non grant source funding for your organization AND your those who participate in your …

D’Vyne Allen: The Right Thing To Do

"One day I was at school. I was playing with my friend. There was a girl who bullied me. She pushed me. My friend had my back. She helped me. The next day, we was outside playing. The girl who bullied me pushed my friend. I helped my friend up, and we went to tell …

A’Brianna McKinnie: I Know How It Feels

This one time I got bullied in the 4th grade by this boy named Adam.  He kept messing with me, and I told my counselor.  She told me to stay away from him. The next day we had a substitute teacher.  I wanted to be alone, but he came over to me and kept saying …

The #WriteForFerguson Project

There is an old saying that it is the weight of a single snowflake that causes an avalanche.  Of course, we know that the destructive power of the avalanche is really in the millions of other snowflakes that make up the avalanche.  As we near the one year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, …

The #WeAllHaveThem Project: Writing with an Impact

Writing for the Soul Workshop™, is pleased to offer a platform for care-givers, family, friends and those living with Disabilities a powerful and exciting way to get what's on the inside …out. We're collecting short stories, poems, art, & music from our Writing for the Soul Workshop™ participants -as well as the young and old from around the …