Our Story Ourselves

  In this four-part writing workshop, parents and children will embark on a journey of creativity and imagination. Using prompts and exercises to inspire their writing, participants will explore what...

  Panelists Janice Bad Moccasin (Crow Creek Hunkpati Dakota), Marian Hassan, Kinshasha Kambui, and Billy Lor will discuss how we carry personal and collective trauma, grief and losses, including those...

  UNFORTUNATELY THESE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Anishinaabe poet Gerald Vizenor writes, “Survivance is an act of presence, the continuance of Native stories, not a mere reaction, or a survivable...

Throughout our lives, we grieve many sorrows – a world in crisis, a chronic illness, a loss of a job, a dream, a loved one – and search for the...

Description: Throughout our lives, we grieve many sorrows – a world in crisis, a chronic illness, a loss of a job, a dream, a loved one – and search for...

Please RSVP by email to: wendy@thefriends.org (please specify which workshop you will be attending)

Our Stories, Ourselves (OSO) is our legacy series which include a panel discussion and related writing workshops led by BIPOC writers. Each cluster of OSO events are shaped around a specific theme and a set of BIPOC writers. Local author Crown Shepherd shares how writers can bring stories to life with bold characters, exciting plots...