Roc the Day Support the New York State Literary Center on Roc the Day, December 11 Choose! Give! Spread the Word!  Roc the Day Meet our Teaching Artists who are the heart of our programs Take a tour of our website  http://www.nyslc.org/ Last year the inmates in our programs wanted to introduce all of Rochester to the Rochester that is part of their lives,"Narrative of Our Life and Times." http://www.nyslc.org/lifeandtimes.htm

NEW YORK STATE LITERARY CENTER (NYSLC)  NYSLC Needs Your Help Please Contribute This Holiday Season!  The recidivism rate for incarcerated youth is seventy percent. The recidivism rate for those participating in NYSLC's programs while incarcerated is fifty percent have not been rearrested in two years. This year NYSLC is building upon this success and concentrating on transition back into our community. We are asking you to contribute to our transition initiative, How To Get From Here to The Rest of The World" (title from "The Wire)" for selected inmates upon release. NYSLC is applying the history, knowledge, and strengths of its programs to address a community wide problem: transition from incarceration back into the community. Please donate. These programs can can change lives. In them we find ourselves able to express our feelings. Demetrius, Monroe Correctional Facility "Ho to Get From Here to The Rest of The World"  began with many inmates asking about a NYSLC program upon release. It is a big challenge to find any strength based programs to connected disconnected inmates to a positive experience in our community in which they know little about beyond their own neighborhoods.  The problem is I am being released from custody, and I won't be able  to participate any more. It surprised me that a wonderful organization is only in the jail and the correctional facility. NYSLC gives us an opportunity to learn, to have fun, and to express our feelings all at the same time. DeShunte, Monroe Correctional Facility NYSLC's success, requests from the inmates, and Rochester's documented "prison to prison pipeline" are at the core of this partnership with the Office of The Sheriff, County of Monroe, and many community spaces. NYSLC's programs unlocked the chains in my mind and unleashed a light that I want to become someone. I want to make something of myself. Kenroy, Monroe Correctional Facility And we are asking for your contributions! NYSLC is grateful to the individuals, foundations, and the New York State Council on the Arts who make our programs possible. To make a tax-deductible contribution to NYSLC click the button below. We hope you will think of us on December 11 on Roc the Day. Giving on December 11 Roc the Day is easy. Go to RoctheDay or Visit Our Website. Give with a simple, one time online donation. Thank you and Happy Holidays!