Flanner Community Writing Center

Did you know that the MU Writing Center has a community garden?

You do now! Check out this video from Assistant Director, KC Chan-Brose (with special guest appearances from Bluebird, Theo-Wynona, Vonnegut, and Cisneros Brose), about how to pickle one of the first crops of the year-- purple plum radishes!

Pickling Radishes from the MUWC Garden

Artists, anyone?

Wow! Congratulations Phyllis!

We’re excited to welcome the new Executive Director of Indy Parks: Phyllis Boyd!

Phyllis comes to Indy Parks from her role as executive director of Groundwork Indy, a non-profit organization that employs youth to work on community-based projects that equitably enhance environmental, economic, and social well-being. Before joining Groundwork Indy, she practiced landscape architecture and urban planning in the for-profit sector, where her work focused on sustainable design and planning and supporting the efforts of diverse communities to transform their built environments into meaningful, relevant, and life-enhancing places.

Phyllis holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Indiana University in Bloomington and is a two-time alumna of The University of Texas at Austin where she received her Masters of Arts in Botany in 1997 and her Masters of Landscape Architecture in 2006. Most recently, Phyllis worked with Indy Parks on design and community outreach plans for the Riverside Park Adventure Park, a comprehensive redevelopment initiative to create a multi-use adventure park for neighbors, children and their families. And, she previously worked with Indy Parks on community outreach plans on park and trail enhancements.

We are excited to have her on the team!

Assistant Director K.C. Chan-Brose and Community Writing Consultant Grace Von Lehman enjoying an inspiring evening at the incredible Flanner House Gala!

Flanner House is doing some amazing things, y'all. Some really, really amazing things!

Whoa! So many free workshops/events coming up-- come out and write with us at the Ujamaa Community Bookstore!

When teaching children how to write, we must also show them why to write Writing is not just a set of skills to master; it’s a way of acting in the world.