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Memorial Day 2024: We Remember – A Mission Belonging Community Art Project
On this Memorial Day, Mission Belonging honors the memory of those service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. During the month of May, we gathered in community to weave a communal canvas, reflecting on the enduring legacy of our fallen...
Art Saves Lives: Writing Against State Erasure by Arthur Kayzakian
"I ran from the country of my birth because I did not want to die. I am a child of state erasure."I was born on a war-torn block. Bombs shook the ground and lit up the sky. Fire hung in flaming threads from blown-out windows in abandoned buildings. Foot soldiers...
How to Submit: A Workshop on Submitting Your Work with Courtney LeBlanc
Thursday, July 11th, at 7 PM ET: REGISTER HERE Want to start submitting your work for publication but aren't sure where to start? Need a step-by-step guide on submitting including cover letters, bios, and how to keep track of it all? Don't know where to find journals...
Memorial Day 2024: A Special Artist Talk & Presentation with Photographer David Hilliard
A Special Presentation and Artist Talk in honor of Memorial Day, featuring the acclaimed photographer. This Memorial Day, join us for a special artist talk by photographer David Hilliard. For decades, David Hilliard and his father Raymond, a U.S. Navy Veteran,...
Intro to Music: An Online Music Workshop with Wytold
Coming up on Thursday, June 6th, 2024 at 7 PM Eastern Time. Join us online.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 and get started...
‘We Carry On’ Documentary Short at GI Film Festival, San Diego
Mission Belonging & Wounded Warrior Project's documentary nominated for Best Documentary Short and Women's Voice Awards at the GI Film Festival, San Diego.In July 2022, Wounded Warrior Project and Mission Belonging brought together 12 caregivers of severely...
Art Saves Lives: Words and Other Lifesaving Devices by Anne Barlieb
I’ve been invited several times in the last two years to write about how writing transforms the story I tell about myself, how it saves my life. I desire to write about this absolute truth. I set the intention and make the time. I’ve been given deadlines by...
Collaborative Painting Project in Honor of Memorial Day 2024
Mission Belonging's annual Memorial Day Collaborative Painting Project enters its third year! Register by April 25th, 2024 to join in.UPDATE 04/25/2025: Registration for this specific project is now closed, but we would still love for you to join in on our weekly...
Art Saves Lives: Beyond Survival – Becoming Human Again, by Ben Weakley
"No one is coming to save us, so we create, we connect, and we save ourselves."In a writing workshop, a line appears from my subconscious as if by magic, repeated again and again down the page of my notebook – no one is coming to save us. I close my eyes and I am...
Moving your Story Along with Gerardo Sámano Córdova
A virtual workshop with the author of Monstrilio, Gerardo Sámano Córdova, to benefit Mission Belonging on Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 at 12 PM Eastern Time.How do we keep our stories from stalling? In this class with author Gerardo Sámano Córdova we’ll play with...
In The Community: Serving In Strength at Military Women’s Memorial
Mission Belonging was proud to participate in the Military Women's Memorial's health and wellness series, Serving In Strength.On February 28th, Military Women's Memorial launched the SERVING IN STRENGTH Series - a Health & Wellness Series focused on Servicewomen...
Art Saves Lives: How Not To Be Afraid, by Seema Reza
Editor's Introductionby Ben Weakley | February 29th, 2024It is with great joy that I introduce Art Saves Lives, an essay series by Mission Belonging. In this series, we offer you the words of people who spend their lives and talents bearing witness, going within to...
