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Glowing in the Dark 2024: A Winter Solstice Virtual Reading & Gathering
Updated 12/23/2024: Recording of the Glowing in the Dark reading is now available on our YouTube Channel. Click here to watch. Hosted by Hari Alluri and Seema Reza, featuring readings from writers whose work sustains us, helps us to balance the light and darkness in...
Art Saves Lives: The Fire Within by J.G.P. MacAdam
We admire stoics. Those who bear the wounds of this life in venerable silence. The grandfather or uncle who never spoke of their wartime experiences, for instance. We might pity stoics, too. Those who never found a voice of their own—the words, the ability, the...
A Conversation with What Haunts You: An Online Creative Writing Workshop with author Cathy Linh Che 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...
Art Saves Lives: Now Open for Essay & Artwork Submissions
A message from Art Saves Lives editor, Ben Weakley about our open submissions period.We build community one story, one voice, at a time. In February this year, my dear friend and colleague Seema Reza entrusted me to be the editor of an essay series that enacted a bold...
Celebrating Resilience: Mission Belonging Partners with Navy Safe Harbor for Caregiver Event
Mission Belonging in Community with Caregivers at Navy Safe Harbor Event.We were honored to partner with the Navy Safe Harbor Foundation for their 2024 annual Caregiver Event. It was inspiring to engage with these resilient caregivers and lead them through a...
A Veterans Day 2024 Letter from Mission Belonging Co-Founder Seema Reza
“Those living at a particular time are never simply the denizens of history or the pawns of time, they are also the only possible recipients of the messages of eternity trying to slip into the world …. we are each already an old soul capable of living meaningfully...
Art Saves Lives: Letter Writing as a Spiritual Practice by Ryan Jafar Artes
Here is a reminder, dear Ryan: staying grounded and rooted in the present time and current day is the most important part. October 1, 2023 Dear Ryan, You did it! You are doing it, and you will continue to do it, which is that which you are here to...
Our Future in Full Color: Mission Belonging at the MVA Summit 2024
Mission Belonging at the 5th Annual Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Summit!On Tuesday, October 29th, Mission Belonging had the honor of participating in the Minority Veterans of America’s 5th Annual Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Summit. This year’s theme, “Our Future...
‘We Carry On’ Documentary Short at Rockport Film Festival
Mission Belonging & Wounded Warrior Project's award-winning short film to screen, November 1st at Rockport Film Festival's Documentary Double Feature in Rockport, Texas.Mission Belonging is thrilled to announce that our GI Film Festival Award-Winning documentary...
The Wonders of Worm Level Writing: An Online Creative Writing Workshop with author Keetje Kuipers 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...
Share Your Art Saves Lives Story with Mission Belonging: Open Submission Period Begins Nov 15th
Share your work in our Art Saves Lives submission period! Join us in celebrating the power of art and the voices of our community. At Mission Belonging, we believe in the transformative power of art. We are excited to invite you to share your personal story...
Art Saves Lives: The Patuxent Paradox by Jillian Danback-McGhan
Editor's Note by Ben Weakley | September 29th, 2024 Jillian Danback-McGhan is among the most talented, insightful voices among the post-9/11 generation of authors writing about service and conflict today. We were grateful to her for being with us at 2024's Day of...
