Write-On: Project Twist-It – Episode 1 Literacy

Project Twist-It – www.projecttwistit.com – teamed up with the award-winning podcast production company, Little Everywhere, in Los Angeles to take a look at the important links between poverty, literacy and storytelling. Talking to youngsters, educators and experts our unique 3-part podcast, Write-On, explores the vital role storytelling has in the lives of young people from disadvantaged and marginalised backgrounds and in encouraging self-expression.

We all have our own stories.

With music from film composer, Jessica Rae-Huber and a focus on the Pennsylvania-based Mighty Writers, this is an opportunity for all of us to understand the power and significance of our own stories – and our voices.

Project Twist-It is a multi-platform storytelling initiative founded by someone who grew up in poverty. With the help of artists and writers inspired by the issue, it is a hub for telling stories that haven't been told and hearing voices not usually heard.

Our aim is to reflect the real, lived experience of people in poverty. We want to use the power of storytelling to change our collective understanding of what it means to experience it. We think that people with lived experience should do the talking, rather than being talked about.

www.projecttwistit.com