This workshop offers a literary space for civil rights veterans of the 1960’s and young activists of today, to write and share their personal stories, lessons learned and visions and prescriptions for transformative social change.  New writers are invited to join this ongoing workshop, founded to engage activist elders in writing side by side with young people coming up through Black Lives Matter.  Join former sharecroppers, student activists, immigrant human rights and philanthropic leaders from Long Island, South Carolina, Arkansas, Washington DC, Maryland, New York City, Minnesota, California and more, to develop a story-based strategy around the work that transformed the nation, and our lives, that continues to redefine America today.

This  workshop will bring together health care providers, first responders  and those who are most impacted by healthcare disparities to  raise their voices to illuminate the entrenched social determinants,  injustices and inequities that have become even more pronounced in the  wake of COVID-19.

This  intergenerational workshop creates a safe, vibrant space for people of  all ages to shape their stories of the many ways of loving  in an ever-changing, ever-evolving landscape, with the goal of bringing  their stories into the worldwide struggle for full human rights.  It  brings together LGBTQ, and Feminist activists to share the individual  stories that make up their movements. Activists  young and old, experienced and new, are welcome to join our growing  writing circle exploring the changes in these movements over the  decades, as they find a commonality and strength in their struggles and  triumphs.

This workshop invites people who have been affected by the mental  healthcare system, who may identify as mad, psychiatric survivors,  psychiatric consumers, or neurodivergent, to write their memoir in a  mad-affirming, human rights-driven,  supportive environment. In this workshop, we will combat stigma and  discrimination through the power of storytelling to change hearts,  minds, and policies. We invite you to join us to use the power of your  voice to (re)shape our mental healthcare system and  (re)imagine care.

This workshop creates a vibrant and safe space for young people to raise  their voices to illuminate the entrenched injustices and enduring  strengths that have become even more pronounced in the wake of  COVID-19.  As high school and college  students shape their stories side by side, they will write to discover  their common humanity, while brainstorming as to how best to use their  stories to create a movement for a just, better world.

Este taller es ofrecido en  español.  El taller involucra, entre otros, a miembros de la comunidad  de Rural & Migrant Ministry, Long Island Head Start, estudiantes de  escuelas secundarias y de universidades,  junto con estudiantes locales, participantes nacionales e  internacionales quienes escriben en el idioma de sus sueños para  construir puentes de acción y esperanza.

This workshop will engage farmers, environmental activists, workers from all parts of the food chain, students in the public humanities, land donors and community stakeholders who will come together to give voice to the personal stories that will help inform the creation of new solutions for a verdant, sustainable, and just use of our natural and human resources, wind, water, and land.  Participants will be charged with helping to plan and roll-out popup events at farmers markets, community gardens, in front of food stores and at beaches.

This intergenerational workshop is building a space for disabled people  and disabled activists to shape their stories in community with other  people with disabilities. This group is open to anyone who identifies as  having a disability,  be it physical, cognitive, neurodiversity, madness, mental illness,  chronic illness, or any other disability experience. Join us in crafting  stories and pushing toward a more just world for disabled people.