Advocating for Children and Youth Development
Welcome to Do The Write Thing! Do The Write Thing Foundation of DC (EIN 27-2171541) is incorporated as a nonprofit in the District and is recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization by the IRS (effective April 5, 2010). The mission of Do The Write Thing (DTWT) is to use a whole-child approach to promote the long-term development and success of children and youth across multiple developmental domains, including social-emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
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Accomplishments
Do The Write Thing is a vetted out-of-school time (OST) provider for the D.C. Public Schools and is listed in the 2022-2025 Catalogue For Philanthropy (online) as one of the best nonprofits in the region.
In January 2018, DC At-Large Council Member Anita Bonds awarded a Community Cornerstone Award to DTWT's Executive Director for work with youth in Wards 7 and 8.
DTWT was featured in an August 14, 2020 (AFRO Newspaper) article on its Virtual Town Hall on the intersecting dynamics of COVID-19, the death of George Floyd, and racism. Mayor Muriel Bowser was the featured guest and Former First Lady Cora Master’s-Barry was one of the panelists.
DTWT youth has published twelve books of poetry and were invited to sign copies of their book in 2019 (for the ninth consecutive year) at the Authors Pavilion during the prestigious Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference at the D.C. Convention Center. The 12 books are available for sale at Amazon.com: Black Flames (2011); Paper Outlets (2011); Our Planets, Ourselves (2012); Poetry in Motion: The Birth of Success l (2013); Poetry in Motion: The Birth of Success ll (2013) Poetic Anthologies (2014); Written Soul (2015); Random Words: One Message (2016); and Stop The Violence Poems (2018). I’m The Only One Awake (2019); If These Streets Could Talk (2020); Dear Black People (2020) Through Colored Eyes (2020).
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Programs
Established programs include:
(1) Raising Our Youth As Leaders (R.O.Y.A.L.) Multimedia Arts Program
(2) Living Storybook
(3) Kindness Project
Recently DTWT partnered with other youth-serving nonprofits to expand programs to include the following:
(1) BizMusic — an expansion of the R.O.Y.A.L. program for middle and high school youth
(2) STEM and Entrepreneurship Program for Kg-5th graders
(3) Arts Integration for Kg-5th graders
(4) Fairy Tale Mock Trials for Kg-5th graders
Volunteer to work in one of our after-school or summer programs.
Feeling generous? You may donate to Do The Write Thing of DC by clicking on any of the three logos below. You may choose to donate via the Catalogue for Philanthropy, via Donor Advised Fund Direct, or the gold-level Seal of Transparency of GuideStar. Any contribution is greatly appreciated and will help to support future programs and efforts. Thank you!
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