We're Philly Proud of students in the Writers Matter program, who use paper and a pencil to build a better future.
"Honestly writing is just my life, to be honest," said Andre Saunders. "It's who I am and it started from just being a kid and wanting to express myself and having role models."
But his latest role is beyond the recording studio, magazine articles, and TV features. He recently became the Resident Poet in the Writers Matter program after meeting its founding director, Bob Vogel. Writers Matter takes various forms between intimate writing groups and assembly programs. Vogel and Saunders collaborated to create a new iteration centered around poetry, hip-hop, and rap."It's given me a comfortable zone where I could just express myself," said 11-year-old Jerianna Batts. "I have all this stuff bottled up and I don't really share it with anybody. But when I rap it, it just comes all out.
Saunders helps to workshop pieces like these, which sometimes explore much more sensitive subject matter related to the children's lives.
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