Queer As In: An LGBTQ Healing Writing Workshop

*Please follow the above link for tickets, and feel free to spread the word about this workshop opportunity* **Use the promotional code "donation" on the Eventbrite page to pay what you can!** Would you like to explore a practice of writing to harness your own creative power to heal? Queer and trans writers with all levels of writing experience are welcome to join this creative healing space. Spaces are limited, so get your spot early! Register now or contact Maisha at maishazj@gmail.com with questions. Queer As In: An LGBTQ Healing Writing Workshop Saturday, February 28, 2015 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Cost: $50 About the Facilitator: Maisha Z. Johnson is an award-winning poet with an MFA from Pacific University, and a creative facilitator working at the intersections of self-expression, healing, and social change. She works with survivors of violence and lifts up her own experiences as a queer black survivor in her work. Maisha is the author of Through Your Own Words: 51 Writing Prompts for Healing and Self-Care (Inkblot Arts 2014), as well as a full-length collection of poetry, No Parachutes to Carry Me Home (Punk Hostage Press 2015), and three poetry chapbooks. She works and writes for publications including Everyday Feminism, Black Girl Dangerous, and Pyragraph. Her work has won competitions including Literary Death Match, The Lit Slam, and Portuguese Artists Colony, and been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. About Inkblot Arts: Inkblot Arts is all about amplifying voices through writing, arts, and creative facilitation. Learn more at www.inkblotarts.org