“Writing Through” is a transformative creative writing workshop designed specifically for Black, Indigenous and Femmes/gender diverse People of Colour (BIPOC) active in the environmental, climate, and ocean sectors. In this five-part writing and reflection series, we invite participants to embark on a journey of reflection, healing, and empowerment across both individual and systemic scales.
Through the lens of interconnectedness, community, and the restoration of People and Place, "Writing Through" seeks to cultivate a space where the voices of the racialized global majority are honoured, valued, connected, and empowered, knowing this is where sustainable solutions are rooted from.
We recognize and start from an understanding that racialized folks historically and presently disproportionately face distinct forms of exclusion within and from environmental spaces.
Together, we will explore how racism, colonialism, ableism and inequality are uniquely experienced by racialized folks in environmental and climate action, and how these systemic forms of exclusion perpetuates environmental and climate injustice. Moving through this recognition, we will also create a container of belonging towards individual and collective liberatory healing via guided creative writing, journaling, reflection, crafting, and optional sharing.
Facilitated by Aneri Garg and Inda Intiar. No writing experience necessary.
Registration for the April 2025 cohort is now open. Nine scholarships are available for those 20-29 years old.