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Ghost[ed] — An Online Creative Writing Workshop with Arthur Kayzakian
Join us on Thursday, January 15th, 2026 at 7 PM Eastern Time for a workshop with author Arthur Kayzakian! This workshop is held in partnership with Strathmore. A virtual poetry workshop on erasure, exile, and fragmentation invites poets to dismantle and reimagine...
Mission Belonging Names Julie Riggs to Board of Directors
A seasoned nonprofit leader and champion for military and veteran families joins our board to strengthen community connection and creative empowerment.Rockville, Maryland – Mission Belonging is proud to announce that Julie Riggs has joined its Board of Directors. A...
Ushering in a New Year
Beloved Mission Belonging Community, I have started and stopped and restarted writing this letter many times. What a complicated thing it is to be perched under a shelter during a catastrophic storm. The umbrella tilts: we lose funding. Our community rights it: our...
Short & Sweet: Two New Flash Fiction Drafts with Hannah Grieco
Creative writing is a tool for knowing yourself, understanding the world, and connecting with other people. Led by author Seema Reza and accomplished guest writers—including poets, memoirists, novelists, and storytellers—these generative community workshops follow the...
Glowing in the Dark: A Winter Reading & Gathering featuring Voices from the Mission Belonging Community
Join us on Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 at 7 PM Eastern Time for our annual winter solstice gathering, hosted by Seema Reza.This evening will feature poetry and creative expression that invite us to reflect on light and darkness in our lives. This year's performers...
Art Saves Lives—Who You Have in Mind: A Few Thoughts on Us by Tarfia Faizullah
After the publication of my second book, almost eight years ago, I went underground. At the time, I wasn’t really speaking with my family. I think of this time as benching myself, which entailed a few concrete actions, like deleting all my social media for example–but...
The Art of Self-Soothing: Bleeding Tissue Paper Collage: A Visual Arts Workshop with artist Yonsenia White
Join us on Wednesday, December 10th at 7 PM Eastern Time for The Art of Self-Soothing: Bleeding Tissue Paper Collage with artist Yonsenia White. Bleeding tissue paper collage is a paint-based media and process that naturally calms the mind, body and spirit....
Your Own Words — A Workshop with Veteran & Writer Cathrine Schmid
Please note that this workshop requires special registration on Eventbrite. Click here to sign up! Transform the language that shaped you into poetry that fits the life you’re building now. This workshop invites veterans and civilians alike to reclaim military...
Sea and Sun Meditations: A Visual Arts Workshop with artist Kate Sinclair
Join us on Wednesday, December, 3rd at 7 PM Eastern Time for Sea and Sun Meditations with Kate Sinclair This workshop uses the seascape as a way to practice focus and relaxation through art. I will demonstrate with oil pastels on watercolor paper, but you are...
Poetic Elegies: Flowing & Writing Through Grief with Sarah Alayne Martin
Join us on December 1st at 6:30 PM ET for a special Pop-Up Workshop with poet and healing practitioner, Sarah Alayne Martin! Please note that this workshop registration is through our new community space. (Creating a Mission Belonging Circle account is required.) RSVP...
Somewhere Only We Know: Writing the Collective Voice in Creative Nonfiction — An Online Creative Writing Workshop with Katie Schmid
Thursday, November 20th, 2025 at 7 PM Eastern Time Creative writing is a tool for knowing yourself, understanding the world, and connecting with other people. Led by author Seema Reza and accomplished guest writers—including poets, memoirists, novelists, and...
Concertina Books: A Visual Arts Workshop with Special Guest Facilitator Nerissa Alford
Registration for this workshop is now handled using Mission Belonging's new community platform on Circle. Please note, if you previously registered for Concertina Books via our Eventbrite, please register again using this new link. Apologies for any inconvenience....
