Kansas City Veterans Writing Team

Registration is now open for our 2021 Virtual Veterans Writing Workshop! Workshop title: Reflect, Review, and Revise! Instructor: Aisha Sharif... Description: In this workshop, participants will be presented with revision exercises and strategies that will equip them with the ability to develop the next draft of their creative work. This session will offer examples and activities that help participants to see their work from different angles, to discern what the piece needs, and ultimately to start the process of adding, reorganizing, removing, or making connections in their work. The workshop will be presented by Mid-Continent Public Library https://www.mymcpl.org//kansas-city-veterans-writing-works

You are invited to the Missouri Humanities and Southeast Missouri State University Press’ live reading of original works from Volume 9 of "Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors" anthology series. Presented live on Zoom, this free event will feature writings by veterans, military personnel, and their families. Through essays, fiction, and poetry, the reading brings to light stories revolving around the military experience. Join us this Saturday, January 9th at 1:00 PM CST as local and national contributors take the Zoom Stage. Registration is required: http://mohumanities.org/ptb-reading

Had the honor of speaking at the Riverside Nursing and Rehab Center, reading stories from our KCVWT members. Hope everyone had a wonderful Veterans Day, and thank you to all the current and past veterans who have served our country.

We still have spots open for our 2020 Fall Writing Workshop! Take a break from the election, and register for the Virtual Veterans Reader's Theater. Tonight at 7 pm!

We just wrapped up rehearsal for our upcoming Virtual Veterans Reader’s Theater! This performance will be hosted by Missouri Humanities Council and will be one you won't want to miss. Click on the following link to register and receive the Zoom link. ... https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg

Calling all veterans, active military, and military family members, we still have a handful of spots left in our Fall 2020 Virtual Veterans Writing Workshop in ...partnership with Kansas City Veterans Writing Team. All writing levels welcome! Presented through Zoom. Registration is free, but space is limited. Participants are encouraged to register once, but attend all three sessions. Register today at: https://mohumanities.org/fall-writing-workshop Sessions (10 am - 12 pm, CST) November 7th: Writing to See November 14th: Writing to Connect November 21: Writing to Hear Also in partnership with Kansas City Public Library - Plaza Branch and @Moral Injury Association of America. To learn more visit: mohumanities.org/programs/writing-workshops/

Please join us for our upcoming virtual Veteran Reader's Theater and Writing Workshop!

Recently we collaborated with Professor Hugh Merrill and his students from the Kansas City Art Institute. Hugh's students took a short story or poem one of our veterans authored and reflected it into a visual art piece. All the art turned out great and we look forward to working with Hugh and his students in the future.

Poetry workshop with the VETS writing project H.C. Palmer and friends and foundation students from KCAI. WE are doing Illustrations/Image text pieces of their writings. great group and writing honored to be part of the mix

Glue, maps, photos and paper flew across the tables at our fourth session Fall 2019 Veterans Writing Workshop hosted by Missouri Humanities Council and Kansas City Veterans Writing Team. During this session, vets created "mapping collages" that represent from a location perspective the military experience they are writing about in the workshop. Their work is so impressive that their collages and writings will be displayed at The Studios Inc in the Crossroads of KCMO during t...he month of November. More details to come. The vets will also read their exhibit writing at the Veterans Reader's Theater at Kansas City Public Library - Plaza Branch on November 13 at 7p.m. Free and open to the public. More details to come. Thanks to our instructor, Julie Urbanick, curator, Poppy DiCandeloro and helper John Campbell for seeing us through this challenging, yet enjoyable experience. Team members: Virginia Ginger Roberts Brackett, Diana Platt, Nicholas Lopez, George Pettigrew, Mickey Dyer and HC Palmer. Nothing is possible without our supporters: Missouri Humanities Council, Missouri Arts Council, Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW, Kansas City Public Library - Plaza Branch, The Story Center at MCPL, Moral Injury Association of America and our donors. Now, onto our final session! See more

Excellent discussion and learnings at the second session of the Missouri Humanities Council and Kansas City Veterans Writing Team writing workshop for past or present military and veteran family members. Thanks to Dr. James Brubaker for sharing his knowledge about writing prose. Next week Dr. Virginia Brackett leads our veterans on pulling together that final piece of poetry or prose. Thanks to Kansas City Public Library - Plaza Branch for hosting and our phenomenal volunteers for organizing: Nicholas Lopez, Diana Platt, George Pettigrew, Virginia Ginger Roberts Brackett, Mickey Dyer and HC Palmer. Our funders make it all possible Missouri Humanities Council, Missouri Arts Council, Moral Injury Association of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW, The Story Center at MCPL and individual donors.