WRITE AROUND PORTLAND
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Mission Statement
Write Around Portland changes lives through the power of writing.
About This Cause
We use creative writing to bring people together to write, heal, and transform. We change lives by providing creative writing experiences that provide relief for folks in our community who are struggling. Our program utilizes a research-backed expressive writing model that encourages participants to write freely, without editing or evaluating their work. These generative sessions utilize activities, poems, stories, and other exercises to inspire creativity and promote exploration. Participants write together and are given the time and space to write whatever they like and choose what they would like to share. They listen to others’ work and give each other positive, specific feedback. We utilize pen and paper even when other technology is available because pen and paper slow us down and emphasizes the process over the product (though we utilize technology as an accessibility device, when necessary.) By giving participants the time and space for creativity – along with positive feedback, opportunities for publication, and activities that cultivate joy and celebration – we support healing and help build stronger, more empathic communities. Through guided creative exploration and the sharing of stories, we help people listen across difference to foster empathy and offer new narratives that resist polarization and stereotyping. We honor, uplift, and celebrate all voices, especially those that aren’t typically heard in our society.