Erin Gruwell and Calvin Vanderhoff of the groundbreaking group of students known as the Freedom Writers spoke to a packed house Tuesday as part of the Morgan Auditorium Dedication Week. The group showed an early cut of their upcoming movie “Freedom Writers: Voices from an Undeclared War,” which documents Gruwell’s Wilson High School class in Long Beach as they struggle through gang violence, poverty and other social issues. / photo by Warren Bessant