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A monthly community-based writing series led by Tintas DC that centers Latine, BIPOC, queer, and marginalized voices to explore personal and collective resistance and healing through storytelling
Each session of this series is led by members of Tintas DC and will focus on different themes and forms of expression, culminating in a community showcase. Interested participants are encouraged to attend each workshop, but it is not required. Participants are welcome to speak, write, and share in both English and Spanish. No experience is required to join.
Part 1: “La Primera Raíz / The First Root”: Origin Stories
This workshop invites us to search the past to find parts of ourselves we left behind. Interact with a memory of a moment, a place, or a person, to find some critical part of the self, even with gaps, which may lead to illuminating questions. Origin can mean family, place of birth, your arrival to a particular place, it can point to the essence of who you are—what moment gave rise to the person today? The distance of time allows us to look at our memories with honesty and insight, possibly recognizing aspects of ourselves we couldn’t name before.
We encourage you to bring journal entries, notes, photos, family interviews, objects from your past, or any writing artifact that can help you recall memories and expand your writing.
We’ll work provide to writing prompts to create poems and nonfiction using examples from contemporary writers.
About the Facilitator: Cynthia Via [she/her]
Cynthia Via is a multi-genre writer working as a teacher, editor and journalist. She explores gender, the duality of motherhood, and the intersection between humans and nature. Her poetry and prose has appeared in Write or Die, Grace & Gravity, The Acentos Review, Coffin Bell, among others. She is a Tin House and VONA Workshop Alum. She was a featured reader at 804 Lit Salon, The Inner Loop, Dupont Underground and Electric Euphoria. She also performs comedy, since she can’t afford therapy. She was raised in New York, born in Peru, and lives in cozy Maryland. Find her: cynthiavia.com | IG: @nekoenlaluna. [she/her]
About Tintas DC
Tintas DC is a Latine writers group for storytellers in the DMV. Their mission is to share stories that build community.
Workshop Schedule:
Sunday, January 25th: “La Primera Raíz / The First Root”: Origin Stories (Cynthia Via)
Sunday, February 22nd: “Writing as Resistance”: reclaiming narrative power (Carlota Roby)
Sunday, March 22nd: “Sanación Colectiva / Collective Healing”: collaborative healing & writing (Sandy Ovalle)
Sunday, April 19th: “Land, Place, and Displacement”: importance of community and connection to land (Adriana M. Martinez Figueroa)
Sunday, May 17th: “La Cosecha Showcase”: end of series showcase (Angela Pico)
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Writing | Poetry Month | ESL / Bilingual Programs |
