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A Day of Belonging: Local Dining and Activity Guide
To download a PDF version of this guide, click here. TRANSPORTATION The Bethesda Circulator - CLICK HERE Metrorail and Metrobus - CLICK HERE DINING The Bethesda Dining Guide - CLICK HERE Pike and Rose - CLICK HERE The Baked Bear - CLICK HERE Show your Day of Belonging...
The Evidence of Things Not Seen with Derrick Weston Brown – Hybrid Online & In-Person Creative Writing Workshop 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...
A Day of Belonging: Schedule of Events – 2024
For a downloadable copy of our program, click here. 9 AM TO 9:50 AM Registration and Breakfast - All Attendees Gather in the Main Hall 10 AM TO 10:50 AM Welcome: Featuring Keynote Speaker, Jillian Danback-McGhan, Music by John Gossart, and Film Screening of...
Mission Belonging & Strathmore Present 2nd Annual Day of Belonging
Celebrating the arts and bringing Veterans & civilians from different backgrounds together.September 14, Rockville, MDFor Immediate Release - Watch last year's video on YouTubeOn Saturday, September 14th, Mission Belonging and Strathmore Foundation will co-present...
Art Saves Lives: Creating Who I Am — by Valerie Acosta
In preparation for this essay, I looked through my collection of half-finished journals. In the neon-colored “Ballerina Bunnies” Lisa Frank notebook that haphazardly documents my teenage life, I found this entry from 1996:I CAN’T SLEEP. Why has Hypnos condemned me? ...
Back Down Memory Lane with author Teri Ellen Cross Davis – Online Creative Writing Workshop 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: Writing as Proof by Susanna Sonnenberg
I know I’m crazy. I try to align events with my body’s tension but can’t remember properly, my racing heart or late-night brain awake with calculations for escape. What if I just walked out, took my body with me? I could wait until my mother and sister are asleep and...
The Seasons Change Us: Calling to the Sun with author Hari Alluri – Online Creative Writing Workshop 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...
Mission Belonging to Receive Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant
Mission Belonging is one of 41 organizations nationwide selected to receive a Creative Forces® Community Engagement grant. A grant of $50,000 will support Mission Belonging's Mission Belonging initiative, which brings together military, veteran, and military-connected...
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...
AAPI Yoga & Creative Writing with Seema Reza (Virtual & In-Person @ extendYoga)
Coming on May 19th, 2024 - Held in partnership with extendYoga's Repped: Inclusive Yoga Series for AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) communities. For questions about registration for this workshop, contact our friends at extendYoga at hello@extendYoga.com or call...
