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United Against Silence: An Evening of Poetry & Performances at The Mansion at Strathmore
Friday, September 12th, 7 PM at the Mansion at Strathmore— An evening of poetry & music, hosted by Seema Reza. Join Mission Belonging for United Against Silence, a Community Showcase. An evening of poetry & performances by the Mission Belonging Community,...
Mission Belonging Is Proud to Join the 2025 Combined Federal Campaign
We’re excited to share that Mission Belonging will be part of the 2025 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)—a powerful movement of generosity that connects federal employees, retirees, and military personnel with causes they care about. This fall, you’ll find us in the...
Community Building Art Works Becomes Mission Belonging, Launches “A Day of Belonging” on September 13, 2025
Community Building Art Works Becomes Mission Belonging, Launches “A Day of Belonging” on September 13, 2025 Rockville, MD (August 26, 2025) — Community Building Art Works (CBAW), a nonprofit that connects veterans, service members, military families, and civilians...
Breaking the Little Song: Subverting the Sonnet Form with Diannely Antigua
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...
A Day of Belonging: Workshop Descriptions for September 13th, 2025
For the complete Schedule of Events for Day of Belonging, click here. Click here for a downloadable map of Rockwood Manor Poetry Circle with Laura Van Prooyen LOCATION: Brooke Hall SCHEDULED TIME: 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM Step into a welcoming space where poetry comes...
A Day of Belonging: Schedule of Events for September 13th, 2025
Downloadable Materials: Program Manor Map 9 AM TO 9:50 AM Registration (in Lobby) Breakfast - All Attendees Gather in Great Falls 10 AM TO 11 AM Welcome: Featuring Keynote Speaker, CAPT Adam Saperstein & Musical Performance by Wytold - All Attendees Gather...
Memoir Writing: What’s the Story? — A workshop with author Kathryn Roche
Join author of Well, I Didn't See That Coming: My Journey from the CIA to Life with Post-Concussion Syndrome, Kathryn Roche for Memoir Writing: What's the Story? on Thursday, August 7th at 7 PM EST. Kathryn Roche, whose memoir was published in May, will discuss the...
Gaining Perspective Through Writing: A Conversation and Two Poems, with Veteran Caregiver Margie Hults
Margie Hults is a writer with dedication. I met her in an online workshop that I facilitate with Mission Belonging twice a month, called Military Voices, and she’s attended almost every session over the past year. In each workshop, I give a prompt, which participants...
Writing into the Self Through the Chakras with Raychelle Heath – A Mission Belonging Pop-Up Workshop
Writing into the Self Through the Chakras is a creative writing workshop merging chakra meditation and writing as a way to tap into the deeper parts of the self in order to bring their voices to the page. The workshop will explore the seven chakras through colors and...
Art Saves Lives: “The Colors of a Resilient Warrior: How Art Saved My Life” by Amanda Barkster
“Writing became my palette, my lifeline, when the weight of my story became too heavy to carry alone.” I used to think resilience was invisible—a quiet, colorless force that held me together when everything else was falling apart. But I’ve come to realize that...
The Healing Power of Facilitation: A Workshop for Facilitators with author/educator Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Join author and poet, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, for a fundraising workshop benefiting Mission Belonging. Facilitating arts-based workshops, can help us transform flurries of freak-outs, bouts of despair, and stretches of hopeless into a more generous, expansive, and...
Where Does Your Grief Sit? — An Online Creative Writing Workshop with Maya Williams in Partnership with Strathmore
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...
