Ohio poet reclaims her voice after years of discouragement

Christine Wilson, executive director of Women Writing for (a) Change, sits underneath a painting donated by a former student of the program.

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Earlier this year, WVXU in Cincinnati hosted Next Gen Radio. The organization trains the next generation of journalists, teaching them how to report and produce a non-narrated audio piece. This week, we're sharing a few of their stories. 

Lilia Santeramo produced this piece about Christine Wilson, who rediscovered the value of her words after joining a women's writing circle.

"When women are constantly in the world feeling their voice being oppressed, they start to quiet. And I would say in this place, we are strengthening that voice, and then it ripples and echoes out into the community," Wilson says.

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