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...
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...
Grant Projects Designed to Expand Access to Arts Participation in Communities Nationwide Mission Belonging is one of 112 organizations nationwide selected to receive an ArtsHERE grant of $130,000 as part of a new pilot program from the National Endowment for the Arts...
Celebrating the arts and bringing Veterans & civilians from different backgrounds together. September 14, Rockville, MDFor Immediate Release – Watch last year’s video on YouTube On Saturday, September 14th, Mission Belonging and Strathmore Foundation...
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? ...
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...
