Ancestry, Belonging & Healing: Resistance through Poetry

About the Event

This three-part community studio invites writers to explore the power of ancestry, memory, and identity as tools for resistance and healing. Across the series, participants will engage in poetry, discussion, and reflective writing to reconnect with their lineages, honor community histories, and reclaim stories that have been silenced or forgotten. Through creative exploration, writers will examine how remembering and writing about the past can foster belonging, cultivate resilience, and transform personal and collective healing into acts of resilience.

In this month’s session, writers will explore how reconnecting with ancestry and memory can become powerful acts of resistance and healing. Through discussion and poetry, they’ll reflect on lineage, identity, and the ways writing helps reclaim history and build a sense of belonging.