February 2022 Newsletter

Women Writing for (a) Change - Cincinnati - February 2022 Newsletter

Support VDAY 2022 and Bring Awareness to the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence

Join WWf(a)C as we present the 10th Annual V-DAY / One Billion Rising Event: RISE CREATE RECLAIM and stand up against gender-based violence.

Show your support for members within our community and beyond as they share poetry, essay, memoir, and more, reflecting the lived experience of the author. Each night offers its own set of original readings.

Admission: $20. One ticket is good

for February 25th & February 26th!

Virtual, via Zoom - 7:00 - 9:00 pm ET

Open to All Genders 18+ (Mature Content)

Gratitude for Your Generous Support

It takes a community! Your participation, volunteer support and donations nourish and strengthen the special uniqueness and vitality that is Women Writing for (a) Change. Your generosity brings people together through writing circles in which every voice is honored and writing is valued as a form of creative self-expression and self-discovery.

Each of you is a critical partner to foster connection through sharing and respectful listening to the words of others. Your contributions reduce barriers to participation and and provide scholarships. They support outreach in the community and to youth and adults in difficult life situations.

Your gifts transform lives! With immense gratitude, we recognize all who donated to Women Writing for (a) Change during 2021. Thank you!

Gifts, Memorials and Tributes January 1 - December 31, 2021

Dani McClain

Black Joy is Unbreakable:

An Evening in Community

At points in the evening, I was left speechless by the power and grace of the words of each speaker and reader. It was a gift to be there. ~Event attendee

Black Joy is Unbreakable: An Evening in Community was a powerful, thought-provoking evening featuring strong, beautiful voices in serious reflection and contemplation of their lived experiences. Dani McClain reflected on what black joy meant to her and explored topics from her book We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood.

Read more here.

Jump into Spring with a

10-Week Core Class!

Our Virtual Core Classes are perfect for a variety of schedules, with morning and evening, weekday and weekend offerings! Wednesday evening is open to All Genders.

Curious about what "writing in community" is all about? We've got FREE Samplers March 15, 16 & 19!

Tuition $309 - Scholarships Available

SCHEDULE & REGISTRATION

DETAILS & REGISTER

Gain the Confidence to Write from First-Hand Experience

You do a fair amount of journal writing. You have stories about your life that you have completed. Where do you go from here? In this intensive, interactive, all-new virtual workshop, you will get the tools to start and organize your personal story.

Saturday, Mar 5, 9am-Noon ET

Tuition $45 - Scholarships Available

Open to All Genders 18+

Facilitated by Lisa Rocklin with

Guest Artist Tina Neyer

Strengthen your Spiritual Core while Exploring the Power of Self-Care in this Virtual Class

This six-week virtual class invites you on a journey to a greater sense of purpose and self-worth. Participants will focus on writing both during and outside of class as a means of discovery and affirmation of who we, as individuals, truly are.

Free Sampler for this class Mar 19th!

Saturdays, Mar 26-Apr 30

10am-12:30pm ET

Tuition $190 - Scholarships Available

Open to Women

Facilitated by Kelly Richey

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How Might You Write Yourself into What's Normal Now?

Facilitators Pam Temple and Lisa Prantl will use writing prompts, poems, and readings to encourage participants to explore the varied aspects of grief, to start moving forward with grief, and to uncover new growth and meaning.

Four Alternating Thursdays:

Mar 31, Apr 14 & 28, May 12

Via Zoom - 6:30-9pm ET

Tuition $145 - Scholarships Available

Open to All Genders 18+

Image Attributions: Spring Term Core: DerWeg via Pixabay; Writing Memoir: Ulleo via Pixabay; Celebrating Our Struggles: Jr Kopa via Unsplash; What's Normal Now: Trista Doucette

Upcoming Classes

The delivery method for Winter and Spring programming will vary. Please check our website for information regarding virtual and in-person programming.

Spring Term Core Classes

begin Mar 22

FREE Core Class Samplers

begin Mar 15

Reading into Writing

begins Feb 20

The Forest Calls to Us: Writing Nature Stories for Children

(Held at the Lloyd Library)

Feb 26

Let's Be Perfectly Queer

begins Mar 1 with Sliding Scale Tuition

Writing Memoir: Practical Advice on How to Write your Personal Story

Mar 5

Celebrating Our Struggles

begins Mar 26 with a

FREE Sampler Mar 19

What's Normal Now? Making Meaning of Our Grief

begins Mar 31

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