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Freedom Writers Foundation Going Strong and Writing the Wrongs

Avatar photo by Annie Merkley October 15, 2013

If inspiration had an address in Long Beach it would be 3335 E. Ocean Avenue, home to the offices of the Freedom Writers Foundation, where Erin Gruwell, Long Beach’s most famous teacher, continues to inspire others through word. We had the chance to to sit down with the globetrotting teacher turned inspirational speaker and ask her some questions…

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