“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...
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...
“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...
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...
Editor’s Introductionby Ben Weakley | February 29th, 2024 It 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...
