{"title":"Erin Gruwell","description":"Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers continue to share their stories with students and teachers from around the globe through their nonprofit, the Freedom Writers Foundation. They are the subject of the 2019 public television documentary Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart, and the 2007 feature film Freedom Writers, starring Hilary Swank. Gruwell lives in Long Beach.","products":[{"product_id":"teaching-hope-stories-from-the-freedom-writer-teachers-and-erin-gruwell-paperback","title":"Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers and Erin Gruwell - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncredible stories of struggle, redemption, and the power of education from the teachers taught by Erin Gruwell and the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Freedom Writers Diary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss the public television documentary \u003ci\u003eFreedom Writers: Stories from the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"These are the most influential professionals most of us will ever meet. The effects of their work will last forever.\"--From the foreword by Anna Quindlen\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow documented in a bestselling book, feature film, and public television documentary, the Freedom Writers phenomenon came about in 1994, when Erin Gruwell stepped into Room 203 and began her first teaching job out of college. Long Beach, California, was still reeling from the deadly violence that erupted during the Rodney King riots, and the kids in Erin's classroom reflected the anger, resentment, and hopelessness of their community. Undaunted, Erin fostered an educational philosophy that valued and promoted diversity, tolerance, and communication, and in the process, she transformed her students' lives, as well as her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eErin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers went on to establish the Freedom Writers Foundation to replicate the success of Room 203 and provide all students with hope and opportunities to realize their academic potential. Since then, the foundation has trained more than 800 teachers around the world. \u003ci\u003eTeaching Hope\u003c\/i\u003e unites the voices of these Freedom Writer Teachers, who share uplifting, devastating, and poignant stories from their classrooms, stories that provide insight into the struggles and triumphs of education in all of its forms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMirroring an academic year, these dispatches from the front lines of education take us from the anticipation of the first day to the disillusionment, challenges, and triumphs of the school year. These are the voices of teachers who persevere in the face of intolerance, rigid administration, and countless other challenges, and continue to reach out and teach those who are deemed unteachable. 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She had intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust. She was met by uncomprehending looks--none of her students had heard of one of the defining moments of the twentieth century. So she rebooted her entire curriculum, using treasured books such as Anne Frank's diary as her guide to combat intolerance and misunderstanding. Her students began recording their thoughts and feelings in their own diaries, eventually dubbing themselves the \"Freedom Writers.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsisting of powerful entries from the students' diaries and narrative text by Erin Gruwell, \u003ci\u003eThe Freedom Writers Diary \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable story of how hard work, courage, and determination changed the lives of a teacher and her students. 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