The Women of Color Writers

There will be Captivating Performances, Writing Workshops, Rich Open Floor Hot Topic Discussions, Light Refreshments and more. Hosted by The WOC Writers, Brooklyn Writers Group and Members of BSEC.
This Celebration is Free and All Are Welcome

As a member of The WOC Writers Community, your attendance supports women writers of color. Free & Open to the Community. We are excited to have you join us! About Our Facilitators

• OyaBisi is a Brooklyn-born organizer, activist, author and founder of Imani House, Inc. and The Women of Color Writers Workshop (1999). She has co-edited, “Voices of Brooklyn, Writings from the Women of Color Writers Workshop” and curated, Boundaries & Borders: A Literary Exploration of Global Voices. Her story “Imani Means Faith” appears in the National Book Foundation’s collection Sounds of this House. Her memoir-in-progress, How Many Days Until Tomorrow, is nearing completion.
  

• Kim D. Brandon is a Poet/Artist/Activist/Storyteller. She is a Brooklyn Poets’ Poet of the Week, and a VONA alum. Her work has been included in stage performances, numerous anthologies, and journals. She is the founder of Brooklyn Society Writers Group (2007) and the host of writing workshops for people of color.
  As WOC Writers turns 25 this year, and Brooklyn Society Writers Group turns 17, we celebrate these incredible milestones as well.
  

**SPECIAL THANKS to Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture (BSEC) https://bsec.org/ for their welcoming space; and to our sponsors, NYSCA https://arts.ny.gov/, Poets & Writers https://www.pw.org/ and Imani House, Inc. https://www.imanihouse.org/ **

Host or Publisher Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture