Word Up Community Bookshop (Liberería Comunitaria), a program of the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization Seven Stories Institute, is a multilingual, general-interest community bookshop and arts space in Washington Heights, New York City, committed to preserving and building a neighborhood in which all residents help each other to live better informed and more expressive lives, using books as an instrument of reciprocal education and exchange, empowering not only themselves, but their community. Word Up is run by volunteers from the uptown community. By hosting readings, concerts, screenings, art exhibitions, talks and workshops, community meetings, and other activities for kids and adults, Word Up does their best to support and fortify the creative spirit unique to their diverse, uptown community.

WHO DOES WORD UP AIM TO SERVE? All residents in the Washington Heights community.

HAS WORD UP SUSPENDED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DUE TO COVID-19? Word Up Bookshop has temporarily closed its physical shop until further notice. Many events have been moved online. For status of upcoming Word Up events, please visit wordupbooks.wordpress.com/wordupevents or email events@wordupbooks.com.