Led by writer and teacher Ashwak Fardoush, this workshop series focuses on writing about home, community, language, and migration.

The sessions are held from 2 to 4 pm on May 9, 16, and 23. Participants register for all three sessions as a whole, which creates a safe container and closed group where trust and continuity can develop.

The workshop is broken up into 3 parts:

Part I: Places & Home

Part II: People & Home

Part III: Language & Home

We will:

* Use holistic strategies to excavate stories about home, community and migration

* Learn ways to connect to our creativity

* Write without censorship

* Access personal memories, communal history, and ancestral wisdom

* Share our stories in a supportive community

* Hold space for each other’s stories through active and empathic listening

Please reach out to info@sawcc.org if you want to join but the registration cost is prohibitive.

Ashwak Fardoush is a writer, educator, and founder of Wildflower Writing. Born in Bangladesh, she immigrated to the US at a young age with her family. Her work appeared in The Margins, Spoon River Poetry Review, Poets & Writers’ Readings & Workshops blog, and Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction.

The South Asian Womxn’s Creative Collective (SAWCC) is a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to the advancement, visibility, and development of emerging and established South Asian womxn artists and creative professionals by providing a physical and virtual space to profile their creative and intellectual work across disciplines.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.