Mission Belonging
@missionbelonging.bsky.social
Mission Belonging (Formerly CBAW)—Reconnecting veterans & civilians with their communities through art. Join us for online art & writing workshops! Learn more at missionbelonging.org.
Join Veteran/Writer @schmidcathrine.us on Mon, 12/8 at 7 PM ET (Live on Zoom, 👀later option) for a workshop to transform military language into poetry. Open to veterans & civilians, this session helps reclaim military language & rewrites the manual we need. More: yourownwords.eventbrite.com?aff=Bsky
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Join Veteran/Writer @schmidcathrine.us on Mon, 12/8 at 7 PM ET (Live on Zoom, 👀later option) for a workshop to transform military language into poetry. Open to veterans & civilians, this session helps reclaim military language & rewrites the manual we need. More: yourownwords.eventbrite.com?aff=Bsky
✍️ Coming 12/18, 7 PM ET: Join us for “Short & Sweet: Two New Flash Fiction Drafts,” a workshop w/ @writesloud.bsky.social! In this workshop, you’ll read, brainstorm, & start 2 drafts under 1k words, concluding w/editing tools to polish your work! Sign up: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/sho...
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
✍️ Coming 12/18, 7 PM ET: Join us for “Short & Sweet: Two New Flash Fiction Drafts,” a workshop w/ @writesloud.bsky.social! In this workshop, you’ll read, brainstorm, & start 2 drafts under 1k words, concluding w/editing tools to polish your work! Sign up: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/sho...
🗞️In case you missed the news: We're part of the 2025 Combined Federal Campaign! Find us under our legacy name, Community Building Art Works (CBAW), using code #70041. Click here to visit the CFC site and find out how to give: givecfc.org/donors/how-t... 🙏 Thanks for your ongoing support! #SupportCFC
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🗞️In case you missed the news: We're part of the 2025 Combined Federal Campaign! Find us under our legacy name, Community Building Art Works (CBAW), using code #70041. Click here to visit the CFC site and find out how to give: givecfc.org/donors/how-t... 🙏 Thanks for your ongoing support! #SupportCFC
Fridays at 12 PM ET on Zoom!
✨ TGIF! No experience required! If you can think, you can write. In this creative writing workshop, we'll consider writing as a tool for communication, expression, and relief from holding it all together. Join us. 🎟️ RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
✨ TGIF! No experience required! If you can think, you can write. In this creative writing workshop, we'll consider writing as a tool for communication, expression, and relief from holding it all together. Join us. 🎟️ RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Fridays at 12 PM ET on Zoom!
✨ TGIF! No experience required! If you can think, you can write. In this creative writing workshop, we'll consider writing as a tool for communication, expression, and relief from holding it all together. Join us. 🎟️ RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
✨ TGIF! No experience required! If you can think, you can write. In this creative writing workshop, we'll consider writing as a tool for communication, expression, and relief from holding it all together. Join us. 🎟️ RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
🗓️ Thur, 11/20 at 3:30 PM ET on Zoom
Veteran Author Kevin Basl hosts our 2x-a-month creative writing workshop, open to everyone who has served as well as to military family members & caregivers!
No experience required!
🎟️ RSVP here: 🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/mil...
Veteran Author Kevin Basl hosts our 2x-a-month creative writing workshop, open to everyone who has served as well as to military family members & caregivers!
No experience required!
🎟️ RSVP here: 🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/mil...
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🗓️ Thur, 11/20 at 3:30 PM ET on Zoom
Veteran Author Kevin Basl hosts our 2x-a-month creative writing workshop, open to everyone who has served as well as to military family members & caregivers!
No experience required!
🎟️ RSVP here: 🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/mil...
Veteran Author Kevin Basl hosts our 2x-a-month creative writing workshop, open to everyone who has served as well as to military family members & caregivers!
No experience required!
🎟️ RSVP here: 🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/mil...
Tomorrow, 11/20 at 7 PM ET on Zoom! Discover the collective first-person voice with Katie Schmid. This technique helps writers convey the essence of a mood, time, place, and group, offering a unique way to express vulnerability while blending in.
🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/som...
🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/som...
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Tomorrow, 11/20 at 7 PM ET on Zoom! Discover the collective first-person voice with Katie Schmid. This technique helps writers convey the essence of a mood, time, place, and group, offering a unique way to express vulnerability while blending in.
🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/som...
🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/som...
Join us on 1/15 for 'Ghost[ed]' with Arthur Kayzakian! This poetry workshop explores erasure, exile, and fragmentation, encouraging poets to find meaning in absence and silence. Discover how erased words can speak without language.
🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/gho...
🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/gho...
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Join us on 1/15 for 'Ghost[ed]' with Arthur Kayzakian! This poetry workshop explores erasure, exile, and fragmentation, encouraging poets to find meaning in absence and silence. Discover how erased words can speak without language.
🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/gho...
🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/gho...
Join us tomorrow, 11/19 at 7 PM ET, for a workshop with Nerissa Alford! Learn to create a versatile Concertina Book—an accordion-style folded book. Perfect as a gift, an idea catcher, or a portable gallery!
Learn more and RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
Learn more and RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Join us tomorrow, 11/19 at 7 PM ET, for a workshop with Nerissa Alford! Learn to create a versatile Concertina Book—an accordion-style folded book. Perfect as a gift, an idea catcher, or a portable gallery!
Learn more and RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
Learn more and RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
Join every Tuesday at 7 PM ET on Zoom for a free poetry workshop, especially for healthcare workers—no writing experience needed. 🎟️ RSVP with the link below!
🚨 Note: A free account is required. (Not signed up yet? Click RSVP and follow the prompts.) 🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
🚨 Note: A free account is required. (Not signed up yet? Click RSVP and follow the prompts.) 🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Join every Tuesday at 7 PM ET on Zoom for a free poetry workshop, especially for healthcare workers—no writing experience needed. 🎟️ RSVP with the link below!
🚨 Note: A free account is required. (Not signed up yet? Click RSVP and follow the prompts.) 🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
🚨 Note: A free account is required. (Not signed up yet? Click RSVP and follow the prompts.) 🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
Free and low-cost art & writing workshops online all week long! Learn more and RSVP for these in our new events space, linked below!
🎟️🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/
🎟️🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Free and low-cost art & writing workshops online all week long! Learn more and RSVP for these in our new events space, linked below!
🎟️🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/
🎟️🔗 circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/
Monday, 12/1 @ 6:30 PM ET: A special workshop with @poeticportals! 🍂As autumn's leaves fall, we'll release what needs letting go. Through yoga Nidra and poets like Gay & Finney, we'll explore grief's connection to gratitude & transformation. RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Monday, 12/1 @ 6:30 PM ET: A special workshop with @poeticportals! 🍂As autumn's leaves fall, we'll release what needs letting go. Through yoga Nidra and poets like Gay & Finney, we'll explore grief's connection to gratitude & transformation. RSVP here: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
Join us next Thurs, 11/20 at 7 PM ET for a workshop with Katie Schmid! Discover using the collective 1st-person voice in writing to capture mood, place, & group experience. This technique is complex but reveals vulnerabilities & offers chances to blend in. circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/som...
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Join us next Thurs, 11/20 at 7 PM ET for a workshop with Katie Schmid! Discover using the collective 1st-person voice in writing to capture mood, place, & group experience. This technique is complex but reveals vulnerabilities & offers chances to blend in. circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/som...
🚨 Our RSVP system has changed! Details below!
🗓️ Fridays at 12 PM ET on Zoom!
No experience needed! Join our creative writing workshop to explore writing as a tool for communication and expression. 🎟️Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
🗓️ Fridays at 12 PM ET on Zoom!
No experience needed! Join our creative writing workshop to explore writing as a tool for communication and expression. 🎟️Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🚨 Our RSVP system has changed! Details below!
🗓️ Fridays at 12 PM ET on Zoom!
No experience needed! Join our creative writing workshop to explore writing as a tool for communication and expression. 🎟️Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
🗓️ Fridays at 12 PM ET on Zoom!
No experience needed! Join our creative writing workshop to explore writing as a tool for communication and expression. 🎟️Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
🚨 Our RSVP system has changed! Details below!
🗓️Join us on Thursday, 1/19 at 7 PM ET on Zoom!
Learn to create a Concertina Book, a versatile accordion-style folded book. It’s perfect for personalized gifts, capturing ideas, or displaying art. Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
🗓️Join us on Thursday, 1/19 at 7 PM ET on Zoom!
Learn to create a Concertina Book, a versatile accordion-style folded book. It’s perfect for personalized gifts, capturing ideas, or displaying art. Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🚨 Our RSVP system has changed! Details below!
🗓️Join us on Thursday, 1/19 at 7 PM ET on Zoom!
Learn to create a Concertina Book, a versatile accordion-style folded book. It’s perfect for personalized gifts, capturing ideas, or displaying art. Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
🗓️Join us on Thursday, 1/19 at 7 PM ET on Zoom!
Learn to create a Concertina Book, a versatile accordion-style folded book. It’s perfect for personalized gifts, capturing ideas, or displaying art. Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
🗓️ Tomorrow night! November 13th at 7 PM Eastern Time (on Zoom). This workshop explores the importance of printed word communication for democracy, covering motivation, audience analysis, and effective formats. 🎟️ To register, visit our Eventbrite: communicatinginprint.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🗓️ Tomorrow night! November 13th at 7 PM Eastern Time (on Zoom). This workshop explores the importance of printed word communication for democracy, covering motivation, audience analysis, and effective formats. 🎟️ To register, visit our Eventbrite: communicatinginprint.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky
🚨 Note: Our RSVP system has changed! Details below! 🗓️ Join us tonight, 11/12 at 7 PM ET on Zoom for a workshop w/Veteran Artist Belena Marquez. We'll blend writing w/ canvas art. Follow our demo or bring your own project. Open to all. 🎟️ Register at: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/pai...
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨 Note: Our RSVP system has changed! Details below! 🗓️ Join us tonight, 11/12 at 7 PM ET on Zoom for a workshop w/Veteran Artist Belena Marquez. We'll blend writing w/ canvas art. Follow our demo or bring your own project. Open to all. 🎟️ Register at: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/pai...
🚨 Note: Our RSVP system has changed! Join us for this weekly workshop for healthcare workers on Tuesdays at 7 PM ET via Zoom. Poetic Record combines poetry, connection, and resilience science to support & witness healthcare workers' experiences.
Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🚨 Note: Our RSVP system has changed! Join us for this weekly workshop for healthcare workers on Tuesdays at 7 PM ET via Zoom. Poetic Record combines poetry, connection, and resilience science to support & witness healthcare workers' experiences.
Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
🇺🇸 Mission Belonging stands in gratitude this Veterans Day. To those who’ve served—and continue to serve through creativity and care—thank you. 🫶
🌟 Your voices are foundational to our nation and our community. 🙏
#VeteransDay
🌟 Your voices are foundational to our nation and our community. 🙏
#VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🇺🇸 Mission Belonging stands in gratitude this Veterans Day. To those who’ve served—and continue to serve through creativity and care—thank you. 🫶
🌟 Your voices are foundational to our nation and our community. 🙏
#VeteransDay
🌟 Your voices are foundational to our nation and our community. 🙏
#VeteransDay
Join comedian Amelia Bane tomorrow, 11/11 at 12 PM ET on Zoom for a comedy writing workshop. Take a break to read and discuss a humor piece, explore writing techniques, & create your own work. Share at the end if you’d like or just come to enjoy!
Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/com...
Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/com...
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Join comedian Amelia Bane tomorrow, 11/11 at 12 PM ET on Zoom for a comedy writing workshop. Take a break to read and discuss a humor piece, explore writing techniques, & create your own work. Share at the end if you’d like or just come to enjoy!
Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/com...
Register: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/com...
🚨 Note: Our RSVP system has changed! Details in thread below!
This week: Virtual Creative Workshops for Veterans, Healthcare Workers, and Civilians Tuesday through Friday!
🚀 Looking to register? It’s easy! Click here for more details:
missionbelonging.org/events/
This week: Virtual Creative Workshops for Veterans, Healthcare Workers, and Civilians Tuesday through Friday!
🚀 Looking to register? It’s easy! Click here for more details:
missionbelonging.org/events/
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🚨 Note: Our RSVP system has changed! Details in thread below!
This week: Virtual Creative Workshops for Veterans, Healthcare Workers, and Civilians Tuesday through Friday!
🚀 Looking to register? It’s easy! Click here for more details:
missionbelonging.org/events/
This week: Virtual Creative Workshops for Veterans, Healthcare Workers, and Civilians Tuesday through Friday!
🚀 Looking to register? It’s easy! Click here for more details:
missionbelonging.org/events/
ICYMI: Thurs, 11/19 at 7 PM ET! 📚✨ Join us for a hands-on workshop w/ Nerissa Alford to create a versatile Concertina Book, an accordion-style folded book. Registration is now via Mission Belonging’s new platform. Click RSVP in the link below.
All details: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
All details: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
ICYMI: Thurs, 11/19 at 7 PM ET! 📚✨ Join us for a hands-on workshop w/ Nerissa Alford to create a versatile Concertina Book, an accordion-style folded book. Registration is now via Mission Belonging’s new platform. Click RSVP in the link below.
All details: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
All details: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/con...
📢 🗓️ Monday, 12/8 at 7 PM ET (on Zoom) Join Veteran/Writer @schmidcathrine.us to transform military language into poetry that fits your life now. This workshop welcomes veterans and civilians to reclaim military language and write the manual we need.
🎟️ yourownwords.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky
🎟️ yourownwords.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📢 🗓️ Monday, 12/8 at 7 PM ET (on Zoom) Join Veteran/Writer @schmidcathrine.us to transform military language into poetry that fits your life now. This workshop welcomes veterans and civilians to reclaim military language and write the manual we need.
🎟️ yourownwords.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky
🎟️ yourownwords.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky
✨ 1 week from 2nite—Join us for a special workshop w/ Veteran & Author @breefram.bsky.social 🗓️Thurs, 11/13 at 7 PM ET
Learn how to communicate effectively in print, from books to web. The workshop covers motivation, audience analysis, and format.
More &🎟️: communicatinginprint.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky
Learn how to communicate effectively in print, from books to web. The workshop covers motivation, audience analysis, and format.
More &🎟️: communicatinginprint.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
✨ 1 week from 2nite—Join us for a special workshop w/ Veteran & Author @breefram.bsky.social 🗓️Thurs, 11/13 at 7 PM ET
Learn how to communicate effectively in print, from books to web. The workshop covers motivation, audience analysis, and format.
More &🎟️: communicatinginprint.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky
Learn how to communicate effectively in print, from books to web. The workshop covers motivation, audience analysis, and format.
More &🎟️: communicatinginprint.eventbrite.com?aff=bsky
✨ Join our creative writing workshop on Fridays at 12 PM ET. No experience needed—if you can think, you can write! Explore writing as a tool for expression and relief. Sign up: missionbelonging.org/event/creati...
🚨 Note: Our RSVP system will change on Nov 10th—details below!
🚨 Note: Our RSVP system will change on Nov 10th—details below!
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
✨ Join our creative writing workshop on Fridays at 12 PM ET. No experience needed—if you can think, you can write! Explore writing as a tool for expression and relief. Sign up: missionbelonging.org/event/creati...
🚨 Note: Our RSVP system will change on Nov 10th—details below!
🚨 Note: Our RSVP system will change on Nov 10th—details below!
🎨 One week from tonight on Wednesday November 12th at 7 PM Eastern Time on Zoom!
Join Veteran Artist Belena Marquez for a workshop that incorporates writing into canvas art. Open to all, and any skill levels are welcome.
🎟️ Register now: missionbelonging.org/event/paint-...
Join Veteran Artist Belena Marquez for a workshop that incorporates writing into canvas art. Open to all, and any skill levels are welcome.
🎟️ Register now: missionbelonging.org/event/paint-...
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🎨 One week from tonight on Wednesday November 12th at 7 PM Eastern Time on Zoom!
Join Veteran Artist Belena Marquez for a workshop that incorporates writing into canvas art. Open to all, and any skill levels are welcome.
🎟️ Register now: missionbelonging.org/event/paint-...
Join Veteran Artist Belena Marquez for a workshop that incorporates writing into canvas art. Open to all, and any skill levels are welcome.
🎟️ Register now: missionbelonging.org/event/paint-...