calendars

tutoring guides

Writers’ Room and After-School Writing Lab volunteers can check out the guides below for more info and tips on each program.

sign-up sheets

Field Trip guide

Our captain has been busy in the submarine looking for the Lost Ocean of Minnesota (and doing a great job of social distancing). It's our job to write new books to keep the Captain entertained. Join 2nd–5th graders in writing original stories for the Captain in our virtual Storytelling & Bookmaking Field Trips. Check out how the program runs in the Field Trip Handbook.

free trainings from local organizations

Click the buttons below to see the current available trainings
from our friends at MN Literacy and the UMN Extension Center
for Youth Development. Most trainings are free for everyone!

recommend an anti-racism resource

Let us know what anti-racist books, movies, podcasts, organizations, and other things you're tuned into right now. Fill out the form linked below, and suggestions will be added to this volunteer portal!

All suggestions are welcome, with a special focus on anti-racism in education, examining whiteness and allyship, and resources specific to the Twin Cities. Feel free to email ellen@826msp.org with any questions. Thanks so much!

Anti-racism resources
for volunteers

Anti-racism is essential to our work at 826 MSP. To understand this further, read this blog post from board member Qorsho Hassan and this letter to our 826 MSP community.

Click the links below to view recommendations made by our staff and volunteers. And follow the suggest a resource link at the bottom of this page to make a recommendation yourself.