Logan H Samuels

While there are many global issues that are important to combat and research, it is easy to ignore the problems happening in our own backyard. Our aim is to empower local girls in our community and open their eyes to what possibilities the future holds. Through research, preparation, trips, writing, discussion, experiences and lessons, the participants will become enlightened about current inequality issues within our local community and across the globe. They will learn that they should not be ashamed of their own stories, for those stories will inspire others. 

A literary journal works as a creative outlet for these girls to face real issues head on and become inspired to resolve them through peaceful efforts. Skills gained during this program will be useful later in life and will help the girls build both leadership and team experience. The journal will provide a common goal for the girls to work towards and peer-revision will enforce the importance of reliability on others and constructive criticism. The girls will be able to look inside themselves and reveal the difficult hardships they have had to overcome and will learn to express themselves creatively while also increasing their writing abilities based both in the English language and stylistically. Our project will teach these girls that even the smallest splash of action can create a ripple effect of change. 

The first journal’s name in Spanish was "Palabras de Amor para Zarpar" or “Words of Love to Set Sail.” We wanted this voyage of peace to be the vessel that allows these girls to sail on to greater things in their lives and teach them how to navigate life when the tides turn.

Writing the Wrong is a project that was started in August 2014 by Logan Samuels and Molly Masterson and was approved by The Davis Peace Foundation as a summer 2015 Davis Project for Peace. The project received a $10k grant and was completed between May and June of 2015 at Frederick High School. Samuels and Masterson aspire to continue the project with the same mission, ideas and goals in mind, but with a new set of students and a new theme to write about. 

The risks and challenges of continuing the project stem from the fact that it was only funded as a project for the summer of 2015. In order to succeed, Masterson and Samuels must start from scratch and work to raise the efforts on their own with help from the community. There is no longer the guarantee of a grant or funding, but Writing the Wrong was a success in its' first year and there are many aspirations from the creators and the original participants to continue the program and nurture it to grow and thrive.

Check out our project at:
www. writingthewrong.webs.com