Project snapshot
Franklin Park Reading Series will produce 11 monthly public readings at Franklin Park in Crown Heights, excluding one month, compensating guest panelists and subsidizing non-local speakers’ travel. The project expands marketing via a publicity consultant, flyer distribution across boroughs, targeted email and phone outreach, and strategic partnerships with local writing workshops and cultural organizations to broaden audience and uplift queer and underrepresented writers. Stipends and travel support professionalize participation while expanded publicity increases accessibility and community cultural engagement.
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