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Great Escape Radio Episode 78: Write Around Portland “We know how powerful the written word is and how that experience of writing and being heard can really change your life.” -Allison Specter For more information about getting started with travel writing, visit: www.greatescapepublishing.com/start/travelwriting. On this episode of Great Escape Radio, host Jody Maberry introduces us to Allison Specter, Development Director for Write Around Portland, an organization based in Portland, Oregon that partners with local social service agencies, to write with and publish those who have had the least access to writing and the creative arts. Allison says, “We’re writing with women and youth who are incarcerated, people who are experiencing homelessness, folks living with disabilities, immigrants and refugees, members of the LGBTQ community, and many others.” She talks about how powerful the 10-week Write Around Portland experience can be- how writing and being heard can change people’s lives. In the 18 years that Wri