Flanner Community Writing Center Now Open

Flanner House and the Marian University Writing Center are excited to announce the creation of the Flanner Community Writing Center, a public access writing support center open to all Central Indiana residents. 

The Flanner Community Writing Center will work to facilitate social justice and support strong communities through individual written literacy development, rhetorical problem solving, and participatory action research. Additionally, the collaboration will allow Marian University students to learn from and work with Northwest Area community residents, providing unique and engaging learning opportunities. 

• The Flanner Community Writing Center opens Monday, January 30 at the Flanner House campus, located at 2424 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208. 
• As an open-access writing center, the Flanner Community Writing Center invites Indianapolis residents to collaborate with writing consultants on workplace, school-based, and personal writing.
• All services are provided free of charge, and residents are encouraged to use the Flanner Community Writing Center as resource for bolstering confidence and effectiveness in writing. 
• Writers may work with writing consultants in a confidential, one-on-one setting or within small groups. Both walk-ins and appointments are accepted. A range of summer and fall writing workshops will be offered. 

A community writing center is a place that invites everyone to talk, work, and collaborate on writing and written literacies. A community writing center is like a library except instead of checking out books, people work on writing their own books, letters, websites, and essays. It’s a place where writers talk about writing, practice strategies, ask questions, exchange ideas, and increase effectiveness and confidence in personal, school, and workplace writing.