Join Arthur Kayzakian on Thurs, 1/15 at 7 PM ET for a workshop on erasure, exile, and fragmentation. Poets will reimagine texts through absence, revealing meanings in lost words. This digital space becomes a site of rupture where silence speaks. RSVP at circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/gho...

🌟Join a space just for your voice & your story. Women & non‑binary Veterans are invited to a virtual Orientation for More Than One Story, our creative arts program. All discharge statuses welcome. Two sessions next Tuesday, 01/13. ℹ️ More: cbaw_mtos_infosession.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky

🖼️ Start the year with clarity & creativity! Join a relaxing 1-hour workshop to create personal vision boards for 2026 goals and hopes. Connect with other through art and reflection. 🗓️ Tomorrow, Jan 7th, at 7 PM ET, on Zoom! 🎟️ Learn more & RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/mis...

Join Laura Van Prooyen for a free weekly workshop for healthcare workers. This online space blends poetry, connection, & the science of resilience to support healthcare workers. Tuesdays at 7 PM ET: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...

THIS WEEK! Mon: Intro to Music—An Online Workshop w/ Wytold Tues: Writing Workshop for Healthcare Workers w/ Laura Van Prooyen Wed: Vision Boards: A Visual Arts Workshop w/ Veteran Artist Valerie Acosta Fri: Creative Writing Workshop w/ Seema Reza 🎟️ RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/

🗓️Tomorrow, 1/5 at 3:30 PM ET! 🎼 Always wanted to try to learn an instrument or write a song, but not sure where to start? Join composer Wytold and get started! Instruments welcome, not required! 🎟️https://circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/intro-to-music-an-online-music-workshop-with-wytold

Join author Natasha Tynes on Thurs, 2/12 at 7 PM ET on Zoom for a memoir writing workshop! Learn to shape your story, find your narrative spine, structure memories into chapters, and overcome self-doubt to finish your memoir. 🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/how...

✍️ Join us on Thurs, 1/15 at 7 PM for 'Ghost[ed]', a virtual poetry workshop with Arthur Kayzakian. This session delves into erasure, exile, and fragmentation, encouraging poets to highlight absence and disruption by reimagining texts. 🎟️ Sign up here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/gho...

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year from the entire Mission Belonging team! Read a special New Year's message from our Co-Founder and CEO, Seema Reza by clicking here: missionbelonging.org/blog/usherin... #HappyNewYear

📢 New workshop name, same great experience! Join our creative writing workshop every Friday at 12 PM Eastern Time on Zoom. No experience needed—just bring your thoughts and a willingness to express yourself. RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/wri...

🎊 Happy New Year! Join us on January 1st at 3:30 PM ET for a Zoom creative writing workshop where we explore writing for communication, expression, & relief. Open to all who have served, plus military families & caregivers! No experience needed. 🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/mil...

A special #GiveBelonging campaign update from our Director of Development, Ben Weakley. Read here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/announceme...

🎊 Join Mission Belonging for a New Year's Eve workshop tomorrow at 7 PM Eastern on Zoom! 🎊 Bring any project or medium for collaborative artmaking, focusing on the creative journey from planning to expression. 🎟️ Learn more & RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/mis...

Join us every Tuesday at 7 PM ET on Zoom for a free Writing Workshop. This space is for healthcare workers to write, reflect, and engage with peers. No writing experience required, and sharing is optional. Bring a pen, notebook, and an open mind. 🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...

🎊Spend New Year's with Mission Belonging! 🎊 12/30-Poetic Record w/ Laura Van Prooyen 🎊 12/31-Open Art Studio w/ Joe Merritt 🎊 01/01-Military Voices w/ Kevin Basl & Blue Star Families 🎊 01/02-Writing w/ Seema Reza All free and virtual! Learn more/RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/

Loneliness doesn't take a break for the holidays. Mission Belonging's programs support veterans like Dave year-round. We're close to reaching our $50,000 matching gift goal with only $1,160 left. Every donation is doubled, enhancing your impact. Support via link in thread below. youtu.be/R5NlVq297x4

Join us for a 90-minute writing workshop with Maya Marshall on February 19th at 7 PM ET, in partnership w/ Strathmore. Explore writing & activism through political poetry and protest poetics. Participants will craft a poem on interior/exterior conflict. 🎟️: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/wri...

🗓️ Fridays at 12 PM ET on Zoom ✨It's our Friday workshop with Seema Reza! No experience required! In this creative writing workshop, we'll consider writing as a tool for communication, expression, and relief from holding it all together. Join us. 🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...

🕯️Happy Holidays from Mission Belonging!🕯️ All programs will run as scheduled during the holidays, including Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day. Check our full schedule online: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/ Warm wishes to you and your loved ones! ℹ️ More info in thread below.

📍 Virtual (Zoom) 🗓️ Tonight, 12/24 at 7 PM ET Join a collaborative group to work on any medium. Art is often seen as a solo endeavor, but this workshop nurtures creative expression from planning to execution. 🎟️ Sign up for free: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/mis...

🗓️ Tuesdays at 7 PM ET on Zoom! ✨📝Join us for a FREE weekly workshop for healthcare workers. Poetic Record is a workshop that blends poetry, connection, & the science of resilience to support healthcare workers & bear witness to their experiences. 🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...

✨ Join our virtual writing workshop tomorrow, 12/23 at 12 PM ET!📝 Discover healing and self-discovery through writing and spoken word in a welcoming community. Open to all, no experience needed. 🎟️https://circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/creative-writing-workshop-with-ben-weakley-b5f679

🎄Happy holidays! Join our free virtual workshops this week, including one on Christmas Eve! We have sessions w/ Ben Weakley (Tue), Joe Merritt (Wed), Seema Reza (Fri), and Poetic Record for healthcare workers with Laura Van Prooyen (Tue). Details & RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events

Join us on Thurs, 1/15 at 7 PM ET for 'Ghost[ed]' w/ Arthur Kayzakian—a virtual poetry workshop on erasure, exile, and fragmentation. Poets will explore language through absence, reimagining texts in a digital space where erased words speak silently. 🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/gho...

Flourish Trust has offered a $50,000 matching gift to double donations through year-end. Our program reduces veterans' suicide risk by 5x. Veterans seeking community and healing need your support. Donate today to help them find their voice, community, and place: missionbelonging.org/givebelonging/

🗓️ Fridays at 12 PM ET on Zoom! ✨ TGIF! It's our Friday workshop! No experience required: In this creative writing workshop, we'll consider writing as a tool for communication, expression, and relief from holding it all together. Join us. Its free! 🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...

🗓️ Tomorrow, 12/18 at 3:30 PM ET on Zoom! 🎖️ Veteran Author Kevin Basl hosts our creative writing workshop for veterans, military family members, and caregivers. No experience needed! Use writing for communication, expression, and relief. Join us. 🎟️RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/?to...

Art helps veterans voice what they were taught to keep silent. At Mission Belonging, we use art and writing to spark conversations they shouldn’t carry alone. Thanks to a $50,000 match from the Flourish Trust, your support goes twice as far. youtu.be/ZWfs2gBK4Fc missionbelonging.org/givebelonging/

Join tomorrow, 12/18 at 7 PM ET for a flash fiction workshop w/ @writesloud.bsky.social! The session will involve reading, brainstorming, & starting 2 new short story drafts under. Pay what you can! circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/sho...

Join us on December 17th at 7 PM ET for our winter solstice gathering with Seema Reza and community! Enjoy poetry and creative expression on light and darkness. Then, stay after the reading for our special Open Art Studio session! Learn more and RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/glo...

“I couldn’t tell you why, but I reached for my notebook eagerly for the first time in eons to jot down captions of the artworks we walked past, and suddenly language was alive again.” Read the latest #ArtSavesLives essay from poet Tarfia Faizullah: missionbelonging.org/blog/art-sav...

🗓️ Every Tuesday at 7 PM Eastern Time on Zoom! ✍️⚕️ Join poet Laura Van Prooyen and an ever-growing community for a free poetry workshop designed especially for healthcare workers. No writing experience required. 🎟️Click here to RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...

Veterans find belonging in our workshops, reducing their suicide risk by 5x. Your donation, matched by a $50,000 Flourish Trust, keeps these spaces open. Donate now and make twice the impact: missionbelonging.org/givebelonging/

Join us this week! We have our regular recurring programs but also don't miss our annual Winter Solstice community reading and gathering on Wednesday, or our special Flash Fiction workshop with @writesloud.bsky.social this Thursday! 🚀Learn more & RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/

🎉 We're thrilled to be a part of the 2025 Combined Federal Campaign! Look for us under our old name "Community Building Art Works" using code #70041. Visit the CFC website to learn how you can contribute: givecfc.org/donors/how-t... 🙌 We appreciate your continued support! #SupportCFC

Veterans carry invisible burdens after service, but community changes everything. Our program reduces suicide risk by 5x. Thanks to Flourish Trust, donations by Dec 31st are doubled up to $50,000. Your generosity can unlock healing. Join us: missionbelonging.org/givebelonging/

Join our creative writing workshop every Friday at 12 PM ET on Zoom! No experience needed. Writing is a tool for communication, expression, and release. If you can think, you can write. 🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...

Check out this beautiful blog post from our friend & community member, D. Dina Friedman! Thank you so much Dina! We can't wait for Glowing in the Dark next Wednesday night! Read Dina's blog post: ddinafriedman.substack.com/p/art-saves-... RSVP for Glowing in the Dark in thread below!

Pay what you can. Next Thursday!

Join us next Thurs, 12/18 at 7 PM ET for a @writesloud.bsky.social workshop to draft two new short stories. Focus on flash fiction under 1000 words and precise storytelling, ending with editing tools to refine your work. 🎟️ Learn more/sign up: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/sho...

🎨Join us on Zoom tomorrow at 7 PM ET for a calming bleeding tissue paper collage workshop. Explore colorful imagery with dye-based paper and a glue-water mixture. No experience needed. 🎟️https://circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/mission-belonging-wednesday-visual-arts-workshop-b13d3b

Join author Laura Van Prooyen every Tuesday at 7 PM ET on Zoom for a free workshop for healthcare workers. "Poetic Record" combines poetry, connection, and resilience science to support and witness healthcare workers' experiences. Register here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...

TODAY! Join comedian Amelia Bane for a comedy writing workshop at 12 PM Eastern Time via Zoom. Laugh, learn, and explore comedy writing techniques. Read and discuss a humor piece, then write your own. Share your work or just enjoy. Register here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/com...

This season, double your impact with one act of generosity. Veterans in our program show a 5x reduction in suicide risk. Flourish Trust will match all donations up to $50,000, aiding veterans' healing through connection and art. Help us reach our goal. Give today: missionbelonging.org/givebelonging/

🐦‍🔥 Join @schmidcathrine.us tonight at 7 PM ET on Zoom for a workshop transforming military language into personal poetry. Open to veterans and civilians to reshape and reclaim military language. Register: yourownwords.eventbrite.com?aff=Bsky

Join us tonight for a special workshop with Veteran & Writer Cathrine Schmid, followed by: Tues: Comedy Writing w/ Amelia Bane + Poetic Record for Healthcare Workers w/ Laura Van Prooyen Wed: Visual Arts w/ Yonsenia White Fri: Creative Writing w/ Seema Reza 🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/

Join us on Wednesday, 12/17 at 7 PM ET for our winter solstice celebration led by Seema Reza. The evening will feature poetry & creative expressions about the balance of light and darkness, w/ voices from our community, and a visual art presentation. More: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/glo...

Healing requires community. Veterans in our program experience a 5x reduction in suicide risk. With a $50,000 matching gift from Flourish Trust, your donation before December 31st has double the impact. Support veterans: missionbelonging.org/givebelonging/ #GiveBelonging

🎨 Join us Wednesday night for a workshop with artist Yonsenia White! Explore calming tissue paper collage using dye-based paper and a glue-water mix. No experience needed, all are welcome. 🎟️ Learn more & RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/mis...

Veterans need community, art, & your support to heal. Until 12/31, Flourish Trust will match each dollar you donate up to $50,000, doubling your impact. Stand with those who’ve sacrificed so much. Healing & belonging require all of us. youtu.be/U1Zzw7TvWMk Join us: missionbelonging.org/givebelonging