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Making a Mixtape for the Dead & Gone: grief circle & creative writing workshop
Jul
20
LITERARY, WORKSHOPS, For POAD

Making a Mixtape for the Dead & Gone: grief circle & creative writing workshop

Making a Mixtape for the Dead & Gone: A Community grief circle & creative writing workshop for people who have lost a parent, child, or sibling. This workshop is part Nkeiruka Oruche’s ‘Obi gbawara’m//My Heart Shattered or What happens after I  die?’ (OGB)  researching and documenting traditions of death and grief in Igbo culture, and the African diaspora.

Co-facilitated by Nkeiruka and collaborator Micheal French this interactive workshop will explore our personal connections with death and using creativity as a tool to support our grief and commemoration. The session will feature an introduction/context about this project, participants sharing their personal experiences, and creative writing sessions inspired by the project.

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YOUR LIFE, YOUR STORY | 8-HOUR Writing Intensive Workshop
Sep
13
to Sep 14
LITERARY, WORKSHOPS, For POAD

YOUR LIFE, YOUR STORY | 8-HOUR Writing Intensive Workshop

Your Life, Your Story is an eight-hour intensive workshop to identify the stories behind your experiences, and transform them into work that’s beautiful, meaningful, and uniquely yours. In a supportive, non-judgmental environment, utilizing guided prompts that will help you generate new ideas for your writing in any genre, this class will give you the strategies to blend fact with fiction, yet remain truthful, the tools to create sensory scenes and vivid characters, and the key to dynamic dialogue, and urgent, compelling storytelling.

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Finding Your Voice: A Workshop for People of African Descent [Online]
Mar
4
to Apr 1
LITERARY, WORKSHOPS, For POAD

Finding Your Voice: A Workshop for People of African Descent [Online]

Over five weekly sessions you'll be given tools and exercises to help you trust your instinct and start writing in a style and a voice that only you can express (Tip #1 - You already know all that you're going to write because it's going to come from your life). If you're thinking "I'd love to write, but I'm not a writer," or "I'm a writer, but I don't know what to write about, "Raw Writing is the perfect kick-off point for you.

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Your Life, Your Story: A Workshop for People of African Descent [Online]
Oct
22
to Nov 19
LITERARY, WORKSHOPS, For POAD

Your Life, Your Story: A Workshop for People of African Descent [Online]

Over five weekly sessions you'll be given tools and exercises to help you trust your instinct and start writing in a style and a voice that only you can express (Tip #1 - You already know all that you're going to write because it's going to come from your life). If you're thinking "I'd love to write, but I'm not a writer," or "I'm a writer, but I don't know what to write about, "Raw Writing is the perfect kick-off point for you.

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Finding Your Voice: A Workshop for People of African Descent [Online]
Jul
9
to Aug 6
LITERARY, WORKSHOPS, For POAD

Finding Your Voice: A Workshop for People of African Descent [Online]

Over five weekly sessions you'll be given tools and exercises to help you trust your instinct and start writing in a style and a voice that only you can express (Tip #1 - You already know all that you're going to write because it's going to come from your life). If you're thinking "I'd love to write, but I'm not a writer," or "I'm a writer, but I don't know what to write about, "Raw Writing is the perfect kick-off point for you.

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Raw Writing: A Workshop for People of African Descent [Online]
Mar
5
to Apr 2
LITERARY, For POAD, WORKSHOPS

Raw Writing: A Workshop for People of African Descent [Online]

Over five weekly sessions you'll be given tools and exercises to help you trust your instinct and start writing in a style and a voice that only you can express (Tip #1 - You already know all that you're going to write because it's going to come from your life). If you're thinking "I'd love to write, but I'm not a writer," or "I'm a writer, but I don't know what to write about, "Raw Writing is the perfect kick-off point for you.

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