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Justice Storytellers:

A Somatic, Practical Creative Writing Workshop 

Justice Storytellers aims to foster a supportive writing community for BIPOC folks whose work is rooted in justice and liberatory values.*  This 6-part group workshop will blend practical guidance with embodied, emergent processes to help you connect more deeply with the story you’re longing to tell, and navigate obstacles to wholeness in your creative and justice work. The workshop is limited to a maximum of 12 participants. 

*This includes, but is not limited to, people working in sectors such as social justice, healthcare, arts, education, etc.

Core Objectives

  • Foster creative community among BIPOC storytellers with liberatory values

  • Provide tools for developing a sustainable writing practice

  • Facilitate advancement of your narrative project or idea

  • Foster a sense of balance, self-trust, and joyful discovery in your creative practice

 
 

 Why This Program?

Your stories matter. Your voice, wisdom, and perspective matter. 

I believe that: connecting to the stories we’re longing to tell—in all their messiness, complexity, and specificity—helps us connect to our purpose and our wholeness. Investing in these stories enriches our activism and our communities, offering validation, insight, connectedness, and hope. 


I believe in: the importance of creative community. As an author and nonprofit leader of 15+ years, I know firsthand how isolating and challenging it can be to nurture a writing practice while doing cause-based work, and striving to mindfully meet the needs of others. I know how transformative it is to build a supportive creative community that shares your liberatory values, helping each other embody wholeness and develop and sustain our practice as writers. 

 
 
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 Sessions Overview

    • Setting the Foundation: Building a supportive space for connecting and sharing experiences– including hopes, needs, and concerns for being on the journey together. Learning about the program's core values of emergence, somatic awareness, and wholeness. 

    • Connecting:: What brings you here?  What are you most excited about/unsure about? What question are you bringing into this space? What are your hopes and goals for yourself+your project by the end of the workshop?

    • The Stories We’re Longing to Tell pt.1: Articulating our story projects, the narratives we’re challenging, and the obstacles we’re facing. What resources do you have? What do you need?

    • Self-narrative: Exploring the narrative(s) we have about ourselves–what about this narrative is helping or hindering you when it comes to connecting to the story you’re longing to tell?

    • The Stories We’re Longing to Tell pt.2:  Delving more deeply into story projects and addressing hopes, questions, obstacles. Revisiting, refining goals from session 1.

    • Creating a “Personal Ecology” Map by exploring your current relationship to creativity & activism, and how these interact with other aspects of your life. 

    • Creating a “Narrative Ecology” Map by exploring the broader context in which you/your stories exist. What existing narrative does your story challenge? What new narrative are you creating?

    • Nurturing Your Writing Practice: Sharing current/past practices, reflecting on conditions that allow for/hinder creative flow, and learning how to create and sustain a writing practice rooted in liberatory values that works for you.

    •  A Liberatory Approach to Feedback: Learning to give and receive feedback using an artist-centered approach.

  • Workshop pt.1: Discussing project summaries/written excerpts using liberatory feedback model.

    • Workshop pt.2: Discussing project summaries/written excerpts using liberatory feedback model.

    • Reflecting on the Journey: Acknowledgement and gratitude for yourself and the group.

    • Setting Intentions: Reflecting on what you and your project need most moving forward, and setting intentions to honor them.

    • Continuing Community: Creating a plan for continuing support through this group and beyond, including resource kit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this for?

This workshop is for you if 1) you’re doing justice and liberation-rooted work, 2) you have a story you’re longing to tell, and 3) you identify as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color. Ideally, you:

  • have a specific narrative project you want to work on (can be at any stage of development, any format or genre)

  • are seeking support for balancing your institutional/movement-based work with your individual creative needs and desires

  • consider yourself earlier in your writing life and/or sometimes find it challenging to see yourself as a writer 

  • are seeking creative, confidential community through sharing of experiences and communal growth and learning

What’s involved?

  • 30-min 1:1 introductory call

  • Six 2-hour virtual group sessions (held bi-monthly)

  • One 50-min 1:1 coaching session

  • Optional reflection questions/prompts between sessions

  • Resource kit (prompts, exercises, additional resources)

When & Where?

  • Online (Zoom)

  • Saturdays @ 9-11 am PST / 12-2 pm EST 

  • June-August 2025: 6/14, 6/28, 7/19, 7/26, 8/9, 8/23

What’s the Cost?

Pay it Forward: $2,000 for participants who want to help create access for others with fewer financial resources /whose organization is paying for the program (budget $2M+)

Regular: $1,500 for participants paying out of pocket/ whose organization is paying for the program (budget <$1M+)

Community: $750 for individuals paying out of pocket/whose organization is paying for the program (budget <$500k)