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Writing Workshop with Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Registration required! Join us on October 14th at 5:00 pm EST for a genrative writing workshop with Maurice Carlos Ruffin. Proceeds from this workshop will benefit Mission Belonging, supporting our programs for Veterans, Service Members, and Healthcare Providers. ...
Mission Belonging & Cohen Veteran Network – Virtual Comedy Workshop
Tuesday October 6: 12:00 - 1:00pm Join comedian Amelia Bane for a virtual comedy writing workshop for Veterans & Military Families! Comedy Workshop in partnership with the Steven A. Cohen Clinic for Military Families at Easter Seals. Join comedian Amelia Bane for...
Ten Ways to Take Ten Minutes with the Arts on World Mental Health Day
If you haven’t taken an art class since high school or don’t consider yourself “artsy,” art making can feel really far away and inaccessible. But you don’t have to be (or even want to be) a great artist in order to get the benefits of art-making to help you slow down...
Writing Workshop with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Registration required! Join us on September 30th at 5:00 pm EST for a writing workshop with Kansas Poet Laureate Emeritus Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg. Proceeds from this workshop will benefit Mission Belonging, supporting our programs for Veterans, Service Members, and...
Writing Workshop with Yesenia Montilla
Yesenia Montilla will facilitate "Writing in the Time of the Apocalypse" for Mission Belonging on 23 September 5:00-6:30pm. Yesenia Montilla is an Afro-Latina poet & a daughter of immigrants. Her poetry has appeared in Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner, & others....
Workshop with Cynthia Dewi Oka
Register HERE for this workshop! Join Mission Belonging and Cynthia Dewi Oka for a writing workshop to explore how our stories of ourselves can function as windows that open toward the Other(s) through the device of point of view and techniques like erasure,...
Six Months of Virtual Workshops
Six months ago we took our first workshop online. A week later, we realized that the tools of connection we had developed over our ten years in military healthcare settings needed to be shared. We opened our workshops up to everyone, regardless of military...
Workshop with Jivepoetic
Jive Poetic is a writer, organizer, and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the founder of Insurgent Poets Society, Carnival Slam: Cultural Exchange, and the co-founder of the Brooklyn Poetry Slam. When he is not on tour or hosting, he teaches performance...
July Schedule of Events
Oops! Our August newsletter erroneously brought you here. Please see our full events list here. Please note: the windows of time for workshops are set to be much longer on Zoom in order for us to use one link for our recurring workshops. Please refer to this list or...
Writing Workshop with Seema Yasmin
Registration required! Join us on July 22nd at 5:00 pm EST for a writing workshop with EMMY Award Winning Journalist, Author, Poet, and Epidemiologist Dr. Seema Yasmin. Proceeds from this workshop will benefit Mission Belonging, supporting our programs for Veterans,...
Comedy Writing Workshop with Jessica Henderson
Registration Required! Join us on July 16 at 7:00 pm EST for a comedy writing workshop with Jessica Henderson. Jessica is a New York City stand up, birthed from a Jamaican military Father and a Mad scientist chemist mother. She has grown up all over the world and most...
Collage with Gabriela Hernandez
In this second project-based class artist/designer Gabriela Hernandez will continue exploring how color and composition create a dynamic image. You’ll work with a specified color palette and compositional format to enhance the mood or narrative of your collage. No...
