Are you grieving the death of a loved one to Covid-19? Have you lost a job, your home, your business, or even simply your sense of purpose as a result of the pandemic? If you’re grieving, this new workshop series–for writers and non-writers alike–will provide the outlet you need to start mending the psychological wounds of these trying times.
“Grieving in Lockdown“ is a three-session virtual workshop designed to help people heal from trauma while helping to feed the hungry in our community. Half of all proceeds from this generative writing workshop, led by therapeutic writing coach Bobbi Buchanan, will benefit the Dare to Care Food Bank.
Over three Saturdays in April, workshop participants will learn how to express their grief in words while honoring the legacy of whoever or whatever they’ve lost during the pandemic.
The cost for all three sessions is $97, with half of all proceeds benefiting Dare to Care, a Kentucky food bank that serves some 22 million meals per year to families struggling with hunger.
Revised and edited works by workshop participants will be published in an anthology. A digital version of the book will be provided to participants. A print edition will be sold publicly, with half of all sales benefiting Dare to Care.
Bobbi Buchanan has led therapeutic writing workshops for inmates and in the community since 2013. She promotes a self-care regimen of unplugging, communing with nature, and journaling. A poet and author, Buchanan taught college writing at JCTC and now teaches English at Valley High School in Louisville. She launched and ran a literary journal, New Southerner, for more than 10 years, and she edited and published seven volumes of creative works by inmates while teaching therapeutic writing and life skills at the Bullitt County Detention Center. She is a Kentucky Foundation for Women grant recipient and led a writing workshop for troubled youth at YouthBuild as part of HEAL Smoketown, a nonprofit effort by artists to improve community connection and health in Louisville’s first and oldest historically Black neighborhood.
Although in-person workshops are planned for the summer, when they can be offered safely, with social distancing, masks, and limited participation, the April sessions of Grieving in Lockdown will be offered virtually via Zoom. Participants must commit to attend all three sessions, which are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to noon on April 3, April 10, and April 17. Click here to sign up for the workshop.
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