Angela M. Franklin is retired from working but not from serving. She is a poet, essayist, documentarian, and visual artist from Los Angeles, California. She holds an MFA from Antioch University in creative nonfiction writing. Social justice issues and helping others communicate their stories are among her passions. Teaching poetry to teenagers is something else she enjoys. One of her latest commitments involved working with youths in a juvenile detention center, where she volunteered during the pandemic via zoom.

Angela recently raised funds and collaborated with the director of the Anansi Writers Workshop, to conduct poetry writing workshops to help writers address sexual trauma. Our Soul wRITES: Sexual Trauma Undressed was a success and there are plans to conduct other difficult to discuss workshops on issues affecting women.

She is a fellow of the Hurston/Wright, Voices of Our Nation, The Community Literature Initiative, and is a current participant in a…