Author Erin Gruwell and her students talked about their book The Freedom Writers Diary. The book is a collection of diary ent… ...

In 1994, Erin Gruwell taught English to 150 at-risk students in Long Beach, California. Her unique teaching methods culminated in The Freedom Writers Diary, a bestselling book that chronicled ...

When Hollywood wanted to make a movie of “The Freedom Writers Diary” – a book of searing, often heartbreaking journal entries that high school teacher Erin Gruwell wrote with her Los Angeles ...

There’s no doubt that Erin Gruwell, the teacher behind The Freedom Writers Diary, is worthy of having her name included on that inspirational list. Freedom Writers tells her story. Erin Gruwell ...

When “The Freedom Writers Diary” was first published in 1999 ... an assembly featuring Freedom Writers Foundation founder Erin Gruwell. Martinelli’s provided sparkling cider and was the ...

Erin Gruwell graduated from Bonita High School ... thanks to her best-selling 1999 book, The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World ...

The result was a published book of the students’ writings, “The Freedom Writers Diary,” and many academic success stories. Gruwell now runs a charitable organization, The Erin Gruwell ...

Teacher Jenni Currie didn't know when she took her students at Vigor High School on a field trip to see the movie "Freedom Writers" in ... true story of teacher Erin Gruwell, who taught inner ...

SIOUX CITY – Erin Gruwell will be the keynote speaker ... Erin and her students captured their collective journey in The Freedom Writers Diary, which is the basis for the 2007 movie "Freedom ...