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World Pride Creative Writing Workshop with Seema Reza (in partnership with the DC Mayor’s Office of Veterans Affairs)
Join Mission Belonging and author Seema Reza at 7 PM Eastern Time on Monday, May 19th, for a virtual creative writing workshop offered in partnership with the DC Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs. This safe and inclusive space invites participants to explore and...
Becoming Mission Belonging: A New Chapter for Mission Belonging
Change is a journey, and today, we’re excited to share an important step in ours—we are becoming Mission Belonging. The decision to transition from Community Building Art Works to Mission Belonging reflects a strategic evolution that aligns with our expanding vision,...
Art Saves Lives: I Write by Steve Watson
Confiding to the impartial, sympathetic page paved the way for me to accept myself and finally reveal to my friends and family who I really am and begin to live my best honest life.I write. I write because I want to write; I write because I need to write. I write even...
Honoring Service: Mission Belonging Joins Veterans Consortium’s Volunteer Appreciation Night
On Wednesday, April 23rd, Mission Belonging was honored to participate in the The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program‘s Volunteer Appreciation Night. Veterans Consortium is an incredible organization dedicated to assisting unrepresented veterans and their families...
Mission Belonging Names Alleria Stanley to Board of Directors
A trailblazing veteran and passionate LGBTQ+ advocate joins our board to champion inclusive art and community empowerment.Rockville, Maryland – Mission Belonging is proud to announce that Alleria Stanley has joined its Board of Directors. A combat veteran and...
We Remember: Honoring Fallen Service Members Through Art This May
Join Mission Belonging to Honor Fallen Service Members This May Throughout the month of May, Mission Belonging invites you to honor fallen service members as we prepare for our special Memorial Day Creative Sanctuary. This year, artists of all mediums are...
Art Saves Lives: From Viewing To Creating, From Healing To Thriving by Susan Niemi
In this hybrid essay, Susan Niemi writes with specificity, clarity, and the clear eye of a survivor who knows how much work it takes to forge a path forward again and again. Studded with lines of her own poetry, this essay is a meditation on using creativity...
Intro to Music: An Online Music Workshop with Wytold — NOW MONTHLY
Now a monthly MissionBelonging Program!Used to play an instrument but it’s been a long time? Always wanted to try to learn an instrument or write a song, but not sure where to start? Join cellist and composer Wytold at 3:30 PM Eastern Time on the first Monday of each...
Slow-Stitched Collage — An Online Visual Art Workshop with Angie Ebba
In this special 90-minute workshop with artist Angie Ebba, participants will learn about the meditative and grounding practice of slow stitching. We will use fabric scraps to create small, stitched collages. No prior experience with sewing needed. Suggested Supplies:...
Paint Night — An Online Visual Art Workshop with Margaret Jacobson
Participants will be guided step by step to complete the featured painting. Once participants have completed the painting, they will be guided step by step on how to embellish their work with gold leaf. Suggested Supplies: Flat and round brushes (various sizes)...
Art Saves Lives: Bringing Our Light into the Dark by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
I sat cross-legged on a curb in the middle of New Jersey in the middle of the 1970s and wrote a poem about despair. I was fourteen, it was humid and windless, and I was waiting outside my father’s girlfriend’s apartment to go home where my father and I had barricaded...
Natural Objects: Songwriting Fundamentals with Matthew Sidney Parsons
Join Matthew Sidney Parsons for Natural Objects: Songwriting Fundamentals and Lyric Analysis on Thursday, March 6th at 7pm EST. This workshop will be aimed at demystifying the process of creating lyrics and providing a framework to evaluate and appreciate the lyrics...
