Educator and writer Erin Gruwell, the author of a book that inspired the academy award-winning movie, “Freedom Writers,” aims to be a catalyst for change. She will share her experiences as a teacher ...

"The Freedom Writers Diary" is co-authored by 150 students — once labeled "at-risk" and "unteachable" in Long Beach, California — who transform their lives through writing. Erin Gruwell, the teacher ...

In this file photo, a buyer peruses the shelves at a Horry County book sale. After a push from Moms for Liberty, the Horry County School Board voted in April 2024 to ban “The Freedom Writers Diary” by ...

TAMMS, Ill. -- Students in Amy Sitton's English classes at Egyptian High School in Tamms know well the story of Erin Gruwell and her students. They've read her book. They watched Hilary Swank portray ...

Gruwell wrote "The Freedom Writers Diary," the book that was made into a movie starring Hilary Swank. Gruwell, now president of the Freedom Writers Foundation, and motivational speaker Ken Johnson, ...