Transformative Imagining: A Collaborative Space for Abolitionist Writers

460 Melwood Avenue,Pittsburgh PA 15213

18 October, 2022

Description

We’ll experiment with collective creation, workshop individual projects, and seek out ways to contribute to Pittsburgh’s abolitionist initiatives. Journals and writing utensils will be available to those who need them. This event is free. If you are able, please donate ($10|| $20|| $50). This will help us continue to offer free events and workshops. Childcare available! Please request at [email protected] at least 48 hours before the event INSTRUCTOR BIOS Dmitra Gideon (they/she/he) currently serves as Director of Programs for Write Pittsburgh and Disability Justice Advocate for the Abolitionist Law Center. A graduate of the Chatham University MFA Program, Dmitra has taught creative writing at Allegheny County Jail, Pittsburgh CAPA, Westinghouse High School, and other community spaces, and their work has appeared in PANK Magazine, Santa Fe Writers Project Quarterly, and Pink Panther Magazine, among others. Elina Zhang is a writer and organizer based in Pittsburgh, PA, where she received an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from the University of Pittsburgh. Elina’s writing has appeared in PublicSource and LitHub; she is a 2022 Periplus Fellow. She writes about gendered violence and unruly desires.