Lauren Brown, ’13, at the Indiana Writers Center

Lauren Brown, BCHS Class of 2013, had the opportunity to work with the Indiana Writers Center this summer as an intern for their Building a Rainbow outreach program. She spent a few weeks writing with Indianapolis youth at the Saint Florian Summer Camp–a leadership development camp downtown organized by a few Indianapolis Firefighters from the Saint Florian Center who give up their vacation hours to run this camp. She writes: “I got to sit down with these kids–obtusely and unfairly considered “at risk”–and hear them tell their stories on paper. We took the kids’ writing and published it into a book called “I Remember: Indianapolis Youth Write about Their Lives 2016,” which was just released this past weekend. In it, kids whom I grew to love tell stories about what kind of animal they most identify with, a time when they felt strong, a time when they didn’t feel heard. They shared both hilarious accounts and heartbreaking accounts. I’m telling you this because these kids, this experience, this book all mean a great deal to me.”
If you’re curious about the book, it is available on Amazon at this link