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 us tomorrow, 11/26, at 7 PM ET for a collaborative group workshop. Bring any project you're working on, in any medium. This session focuses on nurturing the art-making process, often seen as solitary, by emphasizing planning and early stages.
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🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/ope...
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Join us tomorrow, 11/26, at 7 PM ET for a collaborative group workshop. Bring any project you're working on, in any medium. This session focuses on nurturing the art-making process, often seen as solitary, by emphasizing planning and early stages.
🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/ope...
🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/ope...
✍️ Tuesdays at 7 PM ET—Join Laura Van Prooyen for a weekly workshop for healthcare workers. This is a FREE ONLINE Workshop that blends poetry, connection, & the science of resilience to support healthcare workers & bear witness to their experiences. 🎟️RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
✍️ Tuesdays at 7 PM ET—Join Laura Van Prooyen for a weekly workshop for healthcare workers. This is a FREE ONLINE Workshop that blends poetry, connection, & the science of resilience to support healthcare workers & bear witness to their experiences. 🎟️RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/poe...
✨Tomorrow, 11/25 at 12 PM ET on Zoom—In this workshop, we use the written & spoken word to find healing & self-discovery together in a welcoming, safe community. Open to all. No experience needed.
RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
✨Tomorrow, 11/25 at 12 PM ET on Zoom—In this workshop, we use the written & spoken word to find healing & self-discovery together in a welcoming, safe community. Open to all. No experience needed.
RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
RSVP: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cre...
THIS WEEK!
Online writing and art making workshops for all audiences, plus our creative writing workshop for healthcare workers, and our More Than One Story* program for Women & Nonbinary Veterans!
🚀 RSVP for all of these & more: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/
*Details in thread.
Online writing and art making workshops for all audiences, plus our creative writing workshop for healthcare workers, and our More Than One Story* program for Women & Nonbinary Veterans!
🚀 RSVP for all of these & more: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/
*Details in thread.
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
THIS WEEK!
Online writing and art making workshops for all audiences, plus our creative writing workshop for healthcare workers, and our More Than One Story* program for Women & Nonbinary Veterans!
🚀 RSVP for all of these & more: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/
*Details in thread.
Online writing and art making workshops for all audiences, plus our creative writing workshop for healthcare workers, and our More Than One Story* program for Women & Nonbinary Veterans!
🚀 RSVP for all of these & more: circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/
*Details in thread.
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
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Pay what you can, on Zoom 12/18!
✍️ 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 2:08 PM
Pay what you can, on Zoom 12/18!
✍️ 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...
We connect Veterans to community, art, & support, reducing suicidal thoughts by 5x. Our goal is to raise $50,000 by end of 2025 to assist more Veterans. Donate, fundraise, or share: Every effort helps create a safer world for our Veterans. youtu.be/sc9XevAhGb0
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🕯️ missionbelonging.org/givebelonging/
Mission Belonging: Combat Loneliness. Build Community. #GiveBelonging
No Veteran should have to fight loneliness — and at Mission Belonging, we’re here to make sure they don’t. 💛🇺🇸
We help Veterans and their supporters find real community🤝, express themselves…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We connect Veterans to community, art, & support, reducing suicidal thoughts by 5x. Our goal is to raise $50,000 by end of 2025 to assist more Veterans. Donate, fundraise, or share: Every effort helps create a safer world for our Veterans. youtu.be/sc9XevAhGb0
🕯️ missionbelonging.org/givebelonging/
🕯️ missionbelonging.org/givebelonging/
🗓️ 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...
WEDNESDAY November 19th we meant! Apologies! Hope you can join us!
🚨 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 9:40 PM
WEDNESDAY November 19th we meant! Apologies! Hope you can join us!
🚨 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