Apply for Our Stories, Our Voices (Immigrant & Refugee Women’s Edition)
If you are interested in attending Our Stories, Our Voices, a free six-week writing series facilitated by Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal, please fill out this form to express your interest and share your availability by June 16! This writing series is for immigrants and refugees who self-identify as women on non-binary, inclusive of trans women. Please note this form does not confirm your participation. Preeti will review applications and email you by June 25 to confirm your participation (you'll have 48 hours to confirm participation before your space is offered to someone else so please pay attention to your emails during that time).
About the program:
This 6-week program welcomes participants at all writing levels, from those trying writing for the first time to those looking to deepen their craft. The workshop is designed to explore writing as a tool for resilience, record, community-building, spiritual practice, play, stress reduction, embodiment, joy, and more! Together, we’ll connect with our creativity as a pathway for inner reflection and storytelling while building community. For a detailed overview of the program and to learn more about the facilitator, please click here (please read the overview before filling out the application to ensure you are, in fact, interested in this program and understand what you are signing up for).
Key details for the purposes of registering interest:
Program Length: Weekly sessions for six weeks from the first week of July to the first week of August online via Zoom. Each session runs 1.5–2 hours. The exact dates will be determined based on availabilities shared on this form.
Group Size: Approximately 10 participants.
What you need: Zoom, internet access, a camera and microphone that work, something to write with, a desire to write and be in community, camera access. If you are part of Solid State, they can support you with laptop and internet access.
Thank you for your interest! Please submit your form as soon as possible.
**If you've attended Our Stories, Our Voices before, please indicate this in question #4. Spots will first be offered to those who have not yet attended Preeti's writing series so that they have opportunities to experience the community, creativity and transformation that occurs! If there is still space after that, we will open it up further. Thank you for your understanding.