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Corporeal Writing Workshop – Memory Space with Janice Lee: April 13-14

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland, OR, United States

Memory Space: On Inherited Trauma & the Failure of Language Workshop Leader: Janice Lee When:  4/13/19: 1:00 - 4:00 4/14/19: 1:00 - 4:00 Where: The Corporeal Center; 510 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210 Cost: $225 Click here to Apply for Scholarship “What really exists is not things made but things in the making.” - William James How are the frames of reference and relationships between and of living beings activated? That is, how do different bodies and worlds articulate each other, or, how do we learn to be affected? How do we reconcile personal experience with historical fact? How do we reconcile history with memory? How do we reconcile truths with other truths? How does writing open up space while processing trauma or grief? We will explore…

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$225

Terese Marie Mailhot – Writing Trauma, Making Art: August 3

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland, OR, United States

When: August 3rd, 2019:: 10:00 - 4:00 Where: The Corporeal Center; 510 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, OR 97210 Cost: $300 Creating art from lived experience is difficult. There are pitfalls, but there's a windfall to be had, where a person can look back and within to see the right narrative, and the right art worth making, or worth sacrificing for. I'd like to help people avoid the pitfalls, and encourage writers to find the narrative structure within their own lives. Finding the story is half the work. Someone told me it's like trying to make the music we hear in our heads, and I like that. I'd like to help people find the right song, and learn practical tips on how to execute a story. We'll discuss shame,…

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$300

The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United States

In his role as the founder and director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, the world’s largest program for healing population-wide trauma, Harvard-trained psychiatrist James Gordon has taught a curriculum that has alleviated trauma to populations as diverse as refugees and survivors of war in Bosnia, Kosovo, Israel, Gaza, and Syria, as well as Native Americans on the Pine Ridge Reservation, New York City firefighters, and members of the U. S. military. The Transformation (HarperOne) represents the culmination of Dr. Gordon’s 50 years as a mind-body medicine pioneer and advocate of integrative approaches to overcoming psychological trauma and stress.

Free

From Historical Trauma to Historical Wisdom: How a Generation Is Healing

Multnomah County Library - US Bank Room 801 SW 10th St, Portland, OR, United States

The Indigenous 20-Something Project began as a movement to heal Native young adults from the lasting impacts of intergenerational trauma caused by colonization. In this interactive talk, Shalene Joseph (A'aniih, Athabascan) and Josh Cocker (Ka'igwu, Tongan) will share their perspectives on the power of historical wisdom to create resilience, hope and community connection. Join us for Everybody Reads, Multnomah County Library’s annual community reading project.

Free

Magical Feminism: An Editorial Discussion

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Electric Literature executive director Halimah Marcus talks to Marie-Helene Bertino (Parakeet, 2 a.m. at the Cat’s Pajamas, Safe as Houses) and Elissa Washuta (White Magic, My Body Is a Book of Rules, Shapes of Native Nonfiction) about coping with trauma and subverting expectations at the intersection of magic and reality. They will discuss how magic works in practice and as a rhetorical device in fiction. Q&A to follow.

$10

Co-Dependencies: On Healing, Remembering, Breathing & Writing Trauma

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Co-Dependencies: On Healing, Remembering, Breathing & Writing Trauma 4-Week Online Workshop starting April 25, 2021 “What really exists is not things made but things in the making.” –William James “How other kinds of beings see us matters. That other kinds of beings see us changes things.” –Eduardo Kohn On han: “A feeling of unresolved resentment against injustices suffered, a sense of helplessness because of the overwhelming odds against one, a feeling of acute pain in one's guts and bowels, making the whole body writhe and squirm, and an obstinate urge to take revenge and to right the wrong—all these combined.” –Suh Nam-dong How are the frames of reference and relationships between and of living beings activated? That is, how do different bodies and worlds articulate…

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$350

2021 Tin House Summer Workshop Conversation Series: Donika Kelly and Destiny O. Birdsong

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Continuing our week of public #thsw conversations, Donika Kelly and Destiny O. Birdsong discuss revising (and sometimes rejecting) old narratives about trauma and centering oneself in work about healing, self-care, and radical love. This morning at 8:30 am PST, with ASL interpretation.

Free

The Trauma-Informed Creative Writing Classroom

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The creative writing classroom is not an explicitly healing space—yet writers regularly bring their stories of trauma into workshops. What are our obligations to these students as instructors? What are the best practices for managing workshop discussions about potentially triggering material? In this 6-hour intensive, learn when writing heals and harms, discuss syllabus disclaimers and content warnings, identify craft issues common to trauma writing, consider how feedback lands in an activated nervous system, and assess your own self-regulation skills. This class is limited to 15 students. October 23 and 24, 2021 Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (two sessions) Online via Zoom Katherine Standefer Katherine Standefer is the author of Lightning Flowers: My Journey To Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life, which…

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$145

Co-Dependencies: On Healing, Remembering, Breathing & Writing Trauma with Janice Lee —Begins June 5th

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Co-Dependencies: On Healing, Remembering, Breathing & Writing Trauma June 5 - July 2, 2022 (Synchronous Zoom sessions Mondays 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27) ***SOLD OUT! Email Daniel at registration@corporealwriting.com to add your name to the waitlist*** “What really exists is not things made but things in the making.” –William James “How other kinds of beings see us matters. That other kinds of beings see us changes things.” –Eduardo Kohn On han: “A feeling of unresolved resentment against injustices suffered, a sense of helplessness because of the overwhelming odds against one, a feeling of acute pain in one's guts and bowels, making the whole body writhe and squirm, and an obstinate urge to take revenge and to right the wrong—all these combined.” –Suh Nam-dong "Death needs a…

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$50

The Quaking of America Tour w/ Resmaa Menakem

Alberta House 5131 NE 23rd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join us to celebrate the new book The Quaking of America with NYT bestselling Author Resmaa Menakem We are delighted to welcome Resmaa Menakem to the Rose City and be part of his book tour and to celebrate his new book with him in person. June 29th 2022 6pm:  Alberta House 5131 NE 23rd Ave Doors open at 5pm "Resmaa Menakem is one of our country's most gifted racial healers. His brilliant new book could not be more timely—a volume our country, our bodies, and our humanity desperately need."—Michael Eric Dyson, author of Entertaining Race and Long Time Coming In The Quaking of America, therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem takes readers through somatic processes addressing the growing threat of white-supremacist political violence. Through the coordinated…

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