Educator and writer Erin Gruwell, the author of a book that inspired the academy award-winning movie, “Freedom Writers,” aims to be a catalyst for change. She will share her experiences as a teacher ...

“A sound as simple as a car driving by can strike fear into the heart of a Palestinian,” wrote a young woman from Gaza. “Could it be a rocket? A missile? No matter the age, these are the thoughts that ...

Goose Creek High School English teacher Mahwish McIntosh recently completed a special training in Long Beach, California from highly acclaimed educator Erin Gruwell, founder and president of the ...

There’s one major thing wrong with Freedom Writers: Hilary Swank reminding us that before she was an A-lister, she was The Next Karate Kid. Swank waxes on the enthusiasm a bit thick in this run-of-the ...

A group of young, international writers were treated like literary rock stars earlier this week in Long Beach. A couple of hundred people gathered outside the Hotel Maya for the book launch of “Dear ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Erin Gruwell is a Founder and President for the Freedom Writers Foundation with three videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1999 Speech. Erin Gruwell ...

America is hungry for heroes in these dispiriting, violence-riddled days, so Erin Gruwell is having her bright moment in the spotlight. The 37-year-old teacher from California recently was portrayed ...

Gruwell wrote "The Freedom Writers Diary," the book that was made into a movie starring Hilary Swank. Gruwell, now president of the Freedom Writers Foundation, and motivational speaker Ken Johnson, ...

In this moving follow-up to 1999’s The Freedom Writers Diary, educator Gruwell takes a vivid look at the issues facing teenagers today. In 1994, Gruwell drew on the example of Anne Frank’s Holocaust ...