Women who fled to picture-perfect towns in the Mountain West during the pandemic are struggling with their mental health womenshealthmag.com/life/a43341628… by Amelia Arvesen (she/her)

Empowerment Avenue is growing up!! We are looking for a California-based lawyer who can work probono or for reduced fee to help us achieve nonprofit status. We are excited to take our collective to the next phase and pay more impacted folks living wages. DM us if you can help!

We're excited to launch the second month of our for #StopCopCity solidarity fundraiser, featuring this beautiful "No Forest, No Peace" design by our imprisoned comrade Corey Devon Arthur. All proceeds benefit Atlanta Solidarity Fund. bonfire.com/stop-cop-city-…

this story by Empowerment Avenue writer Kwaneta Harris is on my mind as temperatures spike where i live "I wasn't sentenced to be cooked." prismreports.org/2023/07/12/hea…

JOIN US in empowering incarcerated writers, supporting publication + compensation for their work. We're recruiting volunteers to build life-changing relationships across prison walls. If you're a writer who'd like to learn more, fill out this form: forms.gle/nhAHjUPdvFxgzU…

WOW + THANK YOU Amelia Arvesen (she/her) for this wonderful profile of our collective work at Empowerment Avenue! Featuring artwork from Daniel Longan. Incarcerated Artists Find Success Through Empowerment Avenue: narrativeinitiative.org/incarcerated-a…

If you ❤️ podcasts, there's a good chance you know the award winning Ear Hustle Podcast. The project’s success goes beyond the show. For Field Notes @ameliaarvesen brings us the story of how Empowerment Avenue connects incarcerated artists w/ work opportunities. narrativeinitiative.org/incarcerated-a…

Do you subscribe to our newsletter? With the help of Amelia Arvesen (she/her), we recap work from Empowerment Avenue artists, writers and journalists. November brought 23 new stories, an art installation on involuntary servitude, and a successful NYC marathon run! empowermentave.substack.com/p/a-successful…

We run into a lot of barriers supporting incarcerated journalists, but this is a first. Guardian US -- a publication that extensively covers the U.S. prison system -- has a new editorial policy banning its editors from commissioning stories from incarcerated reporters.

For a Backpacker Magazine story, I'm looking to speak with hikers who have set foot on the Oregon Coast Trail, aka the trail that's mostly on the beach

I'm trying to sell a story about ~sheep semen~ and you'd think it'd be easier than it is, but no. Not sexy enough.

Our April newsletter is now live, thank you Amelia Arvesen (she/her)! Events from CA to CT, plus 15 new stories that span from reporting, op-eds, poems and personal essays. Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/empowermen…

Freelancing streets are mean right now

The industry is so, so bleak

April pitch tally: -12 total pitches -2 accepted -2 rejected -1 maybe -7 no response

I always wondered why there wasn't a "how to freelance" class in j-school

Thank you Amelia Arvesen (she/her) for another great monthly newsletter! Read about our May work -- art in Australia, 25 published stories, and a successful organizing campaign -- here: open.substack.com/pub/empowermen…

Looking to talk to JMT thru-hikers for a Backpacker Magazine story! Quick and easy interview, I promise

Via ferratas—Italian for ‘iron path’—were built to connect alpine villages before being used by the Italian army in WW1 to move through the Alps. But why are these climbing routes so popular in the US now? Writer and climber Amelia Arvesen (she/her) investigates adventure.com/north-america-…

"With most of our daily interactions happening through a screen, adventuring as a group can be an antidote to our own isolation." Amelia Arvesen (she/her) looks at the popularity of via ferratas, the European WWI-era mode of traversing mountains, in North America adventure.com/north-america-…