Black Joy is Unbreakable: An Evening in Community (In-Person and Virtual)

6906 Plainfield Road,Cincinnati OH 45236

04 February, 2022

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Celebrate Black History Month with Art, Dialogue, and Community at Women Writing for (a) Change, with honored guest author Dani McClain You may join us in-person or virtually (via Zoom) for this FREE event.Listen to and engage with honored guest author Dani McClain, whose writing focuses on race, reproductive justice, policy, and politics. In 2019, she published We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood. A reporter and author whose work has been featured in Time, Slate, and Ebony.com, Dani McClain was the 2021 Library Foundation Writer-in-Residence at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. View newly acquired artwork from internationally known Nigerian artist Ben Ibebe. A frequent visitor to Dayton, Ben Ibebe focuses on images of everyday scenes of West African life. His unique impasto technique gives each piece an almost three-dimensional surface, adding character to bright colors and geometric composition. For those attending Virtually, a PowerPoint presentation of the artwork will be part of the Zoom event. Support intergenerational BIPOC writers of the Women Writing for (a) Change community as they share readings centered on Black Joy. For 30 years, Women Writing for (a) Change® has provided a safe and non-competitive environment for individuals to develop their writing skills, cultivate their creativity and strengthen their voices.  At WWf(a)C, our writers, whether first-timers or the more experienced, find community, connection and meaningful conversation within our writing circles.   We encourage writing as a process of self-discovery and self-expression—a celebration of the individual voice. Our classes provide a unique setting in which honoring each other’s words enriches participants’ lives.