In-Person:[margins.] Meet-up Community Gathering

The Word's [margins.] Meet-ups are community gathering spaces for BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, neurodiverse and disabled community members to share space, discuss their writing practice, read and share their work and fight isolation through this vital community space. All community members from these identities across intersections are welcomed to attend. Participants do not have to be practicing writers to attend.

This meet-up is an in-person event that will take place at Raíces Brewing Company. Register to attend!

The Word | A Storytelling Sanctuary is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 2016 to support literary creatives identifying from marginalized communities across race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and emotional and physical disabilities. The Word is community-led, with a 100% BIPOC-identifying board and staff, with intersectional identities in LQBTQ+ and disabled communities. The Word challenges the practices that perpetuate bias that are reliant on outdated stereotypes to determine who writes, publishes, and reviews literature. The Word does this by providing concrete tools and knowledge; building intentional community; increasing visibility; amplifying equity conversations; and advocating for systemic change within the industry. For more information visit https://www.thewordfordiversity.org/ and follow us on Instagram @wordisdiversity.

Our mission is storytelling for collective abundance. We center authentic storytelling for BIPOC, LGBTQIAP2S+, neurodiverse, and disabled communities; support and connect writers, publishers, booksellers, and readers; explore and build collective models for the literary ecosystem; and hold safe space in community. Our main programs include the Editor-Writer Mentorship, [margins.] Literary Conference + Book Festival, and #MarginsBookselling, including the BIPOC Bookseller Award. We always have new events and programming to share, so we hope you’ll check out thewordfordiversity.org to stay up-to-date and connected.

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