1 manager mentorship and community engagement prison and justice writing jobs found in New York, NY

PEN America seeks a creative, energetic, and results-oriented program manager with expertise in issues surrounding mass incarceration to support, shape and further the work of our Prison Writing Mentor Program on a national scale. A nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, PEN America has for more than four decades supported, honored and brought to new audiences writers who are incarcerated. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York City headquarters and reports to the deputy director, prison and justice writing program. PEN America’s Prison Writing Mentor Program involves collaborations by more than 120 writers with counterparts who are incarcerated working toward individualized literary goals and cultivating an engaged literary community through and behind the walls.  The manager of mentorship and community engagement will play a central role in thoughtfully interfacing with the mentor community and program...