Resources
An ever-growing list of resources to check out. Does your journal, organization, or program offer opportunities for first-gen creative writing students? Feel free to contact us!
Resources
This is a curated list of resources that have the potential to especially serve first-gen needs.
The OG. "It includes sections on fellowships, residencies, international opportunities, diversity resources, academic jobs, employment outside of academia, and additional degree programs. There's also some advice on requesting letters of recommendation."
"The conference invites participants to explore the connections between queer lives and the class experiences that are also shaped by race, caste, disability, and gender. Premised on the idea that queer and class are inevitably intertwined, the conference asks what the construction “queer-class” illuminates, obfuscates, disrupts, and structures."
"We are a collaborative of labor and working-class historians, labor studies and labor relations scholars, labor activists, and supporters. We are dedicated to the preservation of the history of working people and their movements in all of their diversity from the era of slavery and colonialism down to the present day."
"Empowering first-generation, low-income (FGLI) students and professionals nationwide"
"FirstGen Forward is the premier source for student success through a first-generation lens, equipping the higher education community with evidence-based approaches, data-informed strategies, professional development, and research."
First-gen mental health resources.