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Community Writing Workshop at the Strathmore Mansion with Teri Ellen Cross Davis
This workshop will now be taking place online. Won’t You Celebrate With Me? Join Teri Ellen Cross Davis to discuss the work of acclaimed poets Lucille Clifton and Linda Pastan. We will dive into the dizzying world of writing poetry that centers on family, love, and...
The Poetic Record
We know that the COVID-19 crisis will create greater instances of moral injury and secondary trauma in healthcare workers, a population already burdened with compassion fatigue and burnout. We’d like to support healthcare workers to harness the power of narrative and...
Not Impossible-Hari Alluri’s 4/2 Online Workshop
We created a bank of found lines we love, collaborated to create an image bank and then wrote these poems that were like a giant venn diagram--overlapping here and there and here again. There were tears. There was a super-affirming chat in the sidebar. There were...
A note from Joe Merritt
It's been more than 2 weeks since the COVID19 virus began affecting all of us in ways we will not forget. I've been spending a lot of time thinking about where we will go from here. What's important to rebuild and what can we let go of once we get past this? It's not...
Online Writing Group Link
The link and dial in info below will work for all of our Online Writing Workshops. These workshops will take place every Wednesday at 1700 Eastern, every Friday from 1200-1230 Eastern and on Thursday, March 26th at 1200 Eastern. We will reassess on April 3rd. Topic:...
March Schedule of Events
The Dial In for all Online Workshops (with the exception of Amelia's Comedy Workshop through the Strathmore) can be found below the events list and here Wednesday 11 March Open Writing USO Warrior & Family Center Ft Belvoir 1700-1800* Thursday 12 March Online...
5 Dimensions of Change: Spring Clearing (online class)
This popular class is back!!! "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." --Annie Dillard. No one's path is identical, no one's needs are the same. We each have to define what we need, communicate it clearly to ourselves and the people in our lives,...
Community Writing Workshop at the Strathmore Mansion with Amelia Bane
This workshop will now be held ONLINE & will be FREE . Login info is below: Topic: Writing Comedy with Amelia Bane Time: Mar 19, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/346661352?pwd=cVg2SWFRKzJ5enVxeVp4QzYrS1Jndz09 Meeting...
COVID-19 Update from Mission Belonging
Mission Belonging is dedicated to providing continued support and programming to service members, families and our communities. According to the CDC guidelines, "the best way to prevent illness is to avoid exposure." To comply with these guidelines, and because so...
February Schedule of Events
Wednesday 05 February Open Writing USO Warrior & Family Center Ft Belvoir 1700-1800* Wednesday 05 February Seema & Joe's Birthday!!!! One of them does not recognize the fifth of February as the other's birthday, try to guess who! (Hint: It's not Joe). Thursday...
Community Writing Workshop at the Strathmore Mansion with Derrick Brown
No creative writing experience required! Join Mission Belonging for our monthly community building creative writing workshop in partnership with Strathmore. February’s workshop will be led by Derrick Brown. Tickets can be found here. February’s workshop will be...
“I valued the stories of other veterans. It helped me to see that I was not alone in my journey to heal: Gary’s Story”
Gary Mason joined the Army in August 2000. In 2013, he was transferred from Fort Lee, VA where he was attending the Army Logistics University, Captain Career Course to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where he entered the Individual Outpatient Program. At...
