Write Out, a program of the National Writing Project and the National Park Service, welcomes the poet-Ranger team of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument: Alabama State Poet Laureate Ashley Jones, Magic City Festival Earth Poet Nabila Lovelace, and Park Ranger Kat Gardiner. They share their work with youth and other community members exploring the intersections of poetry, prose and place.

Related links/resources:

Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument: https://www.nps.gov/bicr/index.htm

Podcast - Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov): https://www.nps.gov/bicr/learn/photosmultimedia/podcast.htm

The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 - Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov): https://www.nps.gov/bicr/learn/education/the-watsons-go-to-birmingham-1963.htm

Ashley M Jones Poetry: https://ashleymjonespoetry.com/

Magic City Poetry Festival: https://www.magiccitypoetryfestival.org/

Nabila Lovelace: https://nabilalovelace.com/

“One-Way Ticket” by Langston Hughes: https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/ows/seminars/tcentury/gmigration/Hughes_OneWayTicket.pdf

Junior Ranger Booklet: https://writeout.nwp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BICR_Jr_Ranger_Book_2022_pages_with_bleeds.pdf

For more inspirations and prompts for writing outside, visit http://writeout.nwp.org/