Join Rhode Island creatives of color for Writers Like Us, a day of celebration and connection at LitArts RI on Sat, March 30 from 1-7pm. Writers of color are invited to drop in to participate in free programming designed by and for local B/I/POC creatives.

Program:

1pm: Registration + Networking

· Connect with other creatives over culturally local bites

· Display and/or sell your book, chapbook, zine or artwork

· Sign up for a free author headshot session with a local photographer (available between 1-4pm)

· Sign up for a free 20-min audio recording session with local podcaster Tribble (available between 1-4pm; record a 5-min sample for your portfolio or podcast)

· Sign up for a flash fiction workshop from 2-3pm

· Sign up to share your work during the 5-7pm Open Mic

2pm: Writing Workshops

· Flash fiction workshop from 2-3pm in the Training Room with local author Christopher Gonzalez

· Drop-in writing session with blackearth collective + lab (local poets Justice Ameer Gaines and Kou Tukala Nyan) from 2-3pm in the Conference Room

3pm: Professional Development Panel

Becoming Us: The Professional Journey of Writers of Color from 3-4pm in the Salon. A conversation with recipients of the MacColl Johnson Fellowship Chrysanthemum Tran and Hernán Jouba on when and how they started writing for the public and where they found support along the way, facilitated by local journalists LuzJennifer Martinez and Frank Maradiaga.

4pm: Communal Meal

Share a meal together from 4-5pm

5pm: Open Mic

Celebrate Writers Like Us from 5-7pm in the Salon with host Charlotte Abotsi.

This event is made possible by funding from Papitto Opportunity Connection, co-produced with Charlotte Abotsi by the B/I/POC Advisory Committee at LitArts RI: Cherie Rowe, Frank Maradiaga and LuzJennnifer Martinez.

Image design by MJ Sanqui.