Writing With The Ancestors/ A Workshop led by Vero Agard

The Free Black Women's Library is a literary hub, reading room, Black Feminist archive, and community care space that features a free store, period pantry, backyard garden, reading club, weekly book swap, and a wide array of free public programs, as well as a collection of over 5000 books written by Black women and Black nonbinary authors.
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The Free Black Women's Library
presents
Writing With The Ancestors
led by Veronica Agard
Saturday, October 20
3PM - 5PM
During Writing with the Ancestors, attendees will be guided on how to foster a relationship with their elevated ancestors and experience a healing through writing practice.
Participants will also gain access to the project's syllabus, and a digital journal with bonus prompts to support their journey as Ancestors in Training.
Attendees will leave with an exclusive gift!
This edition is not to be missed.
Space is limited.
Please do not register if you do not plan on attending!!
Facilitator’s Bio:
Veronica Agard (Ifáṣadùn Fásanmí) (she/her) is a poet, writer, abọ̀rìṣà, community educator, and connector at the intersections of Black identity, wellness, representation, and culture. Her more recent ancestors called Alabama, St. Kitts, Guyana, and Barbados home, coming from a legacy of educators, labor organizers, masons, entrepreneurs, granny midwives, warriors, creatives, and survivors despite the challenges of their times.
A joy defender and space holder for over 10 years, she wants to be remembered as a force of nature who created sites of healing. Veronica’s debut book,
Ancestors in Training: An Abọ̀rìṣà’s Guide to Beginning Your Ancestral Healing Journey, is out this January with North Atlantic Books.

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