TLA classes are different

It's true any writing workshop has the potential to help us to see ourselves or the world differently.

But classes at TLAN are designed and facilitated specifically to be spaces where using language to invite transformation is the point. 

We offer online classes to help you deepen your understanding of Transformative Language Arts, explore the craft of various genres and arts related to TLA, and develop your livelihood, community work, and service related to TLA.

Designed and taught by leading teachers, transformative language artists and activists, and master facilitators (want to be one of them?), these classes offer you ample opportunities to grow your art of words, your business and service, and your conversation with your life work.

The online nature of the classes allows you to participate from anywhere in the world (provided you have internet access) at any time of the day while, and at the same time, the intimate and welcoming atmosphere of the classes helps students find community, inspiration, and greater purpose.

While each class is unique to the teacher's style, all classes include hands-on activities (writing, storytelling, theater, spoken word, visual arts, music and/or other prompts), plus great resources, readings, and guidance. We use the online educational platform, Wet Ink for our classes, and many combine in-person meetings on Zoom and asynchronous gatherings via Wet Ink:

Our Community Online Classes have a set period of time, ranging from one day to eight weeks with a small cohort of typically 5 to 25 people. Every Wednesday a new weekly module opens for you to engage with on your own time, with forums and opportunities to share, interact, and receive feedback from peers and the teacher. If the teacher wants to schedule a live meeting, they will coordinate directly with enrolled participants. Classes remain open and available to enrolled participants for at least a week after the class end date.

Enrollment Cost

Classes are priced by the number of weeks they run, and members can register at the discounted member tuition rates. (For example, members pay $255 for a 6-week course, while non-members pay $295.)

Each registration is for one participant only, and all classes, unless arrangements are approved beforehand by the teacher and the TLA Network coordinator, are for people age 18 and up.

If cost is a barrier, we offer scholarships based on income as well as some partial scholarships for people living with serious illness and/or disability or people of color. Please fill out this scholarship application form so we can find the best way to make the class accessible to you.

Cancellation & Refund Policy

Refunds: A nonrefundable administrative fee of 10% is included in each registration. There are no refunds once the class begins. For the purposes of a refund, the class beginning date is defined as the start date published by TLAN on the class registration page.

Low Enrollment Cancellations: Classes that do not meet a minimum enrollment may be canceled a minimum of 3 days prior to the first class meeting with full refunds for all registrants.

Incomplete: Students seeking the certificate in TLA Foundations who cannot complete a class due to circumstances out of their control may be granted a discounted registration on the next available offering of that class. To be eligible for the discount students must communicate their circumstance to the teacher as soon as possible.

Community Online Classes

  • Writing the Here and Now: Mindful Writing // with Marianela Medrano

    • 29 March 2026
    • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    • Online
    • 13
    Register

    “If you only take one thing from this class, let it be how poetry is the metabolic process of emotions.”

    The whole world can rest in the comfort of words and the vastness of poetry. Poetry is a portal to higher consciousness; it opens up doors both inside and outside our connection with others.

    In this one-day writing workshop, the practices will include mindfulness meditation, writing, and other contemplative activities.

    Each practice is intended to solidify mindfulness in the general sense and specifically for writing.

    Mindful writing is this process of using writing to externalize one’s consciousness and tie together the inner and outer worlds.

    Mindfulness allows people to get in touch with the body and the mind, facilitating creative writing.

    What You Will Experience

    Each practice is intended to tap into body, mind, and spirit to awaken parts of the self to render it whole.  We’ll explore four pathways illustrated by poems that can help generate integration. The practice of meditation and the seeking of wisdom lead to what is called a wholesome human being.

    We’ll get to know each other and discuss in depth the central tenets of the pathways to wholeness in Mindful Writing.  The kind of writing we’ll do together has the potential to open new pathways in the brain to help us venture into the vastness of being focused on the present moment and free from fragmentation.

    In summary, the day will include:

    1. Reading poems and responding to them
    2. Meditation of many sorts
    3. Group interactions
    4. Mindful movement

    Who Should Take This Workshop?

    Anyone interested in the power of words! 

    The TLA Network offers scholarships based on income as well as some partial scholarships for people living with serious illness and/or disability or people of color. Please fill out this scholarship application form so that we can find the best way to make the class accessible to you.

    What people are saying about learning with Marianela:

    I am beyond thankful for Dr. Marianela Medrano’s generosity. She was my mentor and supervisor during my CAPF (Certified Applied Poetry Therapy Facilitator) training with the International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy. I cannot think of anyone better than her for this process. Her knowledge and experience greatly impacted my work as a bilingual Poetry Therapy facilitator. We have co-facilitated several bilingual poetry therapy workshops in North Carolina, and all our participants keep asking me to bring her back. She is my Maestra forever.— Irania Patterson, CAPF 

    Where and When Does the Workshop Meet?

    This is an online workshop. It will meet live via Zoom on Sunday, March 29, 2026 for four hours from 1 PM - 5 PM ET | 12 PM - 4 PM CT | 11 AM - 3 PM MT | 10 AM - 2 PM PT | 6 PM - 10 PM UTC. The workshop will be recorded and the recording shared only with registrants.

    About the Facilitator

    Marianela Medrano was born in the Dominican Republic and has lived in Connecticut, USA, since 1990. She is a poet and writer of nonfiction and fiction. She holds a PhD in psychology. Her work appears in anthologies and magazines in Latin America, Europe, and the United States. Her poetry has been translated into Italian and French.    She cares deeply for the Earth and dreams of a healthy planet. Her research focuses on Afro-Taino peoples, the impact of historical trauma, and the spiritual roots of these traditions. Dr. Medrano’s work is also centered around building and supporting Ecodharma initiatives.  She is a certified Mindfulness meditation teacher and leads efforts to build libraries and writing workshops for children in her native country. In 2023, Dr. Medrano received a grant from the Bess Family Foundation, which she is using to investigate mindfulness as a vehicle to advance ecological initiatives focused on interspecies care in the Dominican Republic. Dr. Medrano has lectured in many countries, including Spain, India, Colombia, El Salvador, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. She has worked with various populations and on various mental health issues, including drug and alcohol addiction, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and family/marriage counseling. Dr. Medrano’s books include Oficio de Vivir (Buho,1986), Los Alegres Ojos de la Tristeza (Buho,1987), Regando Esencias/The Scent of Waiting (Alcance,1998), Curada de Espantos (Torremozas, 2002), Diosas de la Yuca (Torremozas, 2011), Prietica (Alfaguara, 2013), and Rooting (Owlfeather Collective, 2017). Some of her articles can be found in the Journal of Poetry Therapy (Taylor & Francis), the Sandplay Therapy Journal, and Sisters of Caliban, among others.

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  • Breathing into Bloom: A Spring Writing Practice for Renewal // with Tasjha Dixon

    • 29 April 2026
    • 26 May 2026
    • Online
    • 21
    Register

    Come breathe, write, and begin again.

    From a space of embodied awareness, you will write intuitively, reflect deeply, and reconnect to your own seasonal becoming.

    Spring is a season of emergence, of breath, of beginning again. This 4-week course is an invitation to honor the breath as a sacred teacher—always recycling, always renewing—mirroring the energy of the Earth’s reawakening. As sap rises in trees and blossoms push toward sunlight, our breath invites us to rise and unfurl into new versions of ourselves. Through breath we arrive, release, remember, and begin again.

    Each session is a living ritual—a return to the sacred rhythm of inhale and exhale as a creative wellspring. We will center pranayama (yogic breathwork) not just as a grounding practice, but as a spiritual and creative doorway. From this space of embodied awareness, you will write intuitively, reflect deeply, and reconnect to your own seasonal becoming.

    This course is not about performance or product. It is a space of pause, presence, and personal ritual. With each breath and page, we soften toward our becoming. There are no outside readings or academic expectations—only the invitation to listen inward and write from the breath itself.

    Whether you are beginning again, shedding something old, or blooming into a new version of yourself, you are welcome here.

    Week by Week

    Week 1 – The Inhale: Arriving to the Page - We begin by slowing down and tuning in. Breath as teacher, breath as anchor. This week introduces body-based journaling, awareness practices, and freewriting from the breath. We explore how the inhale brings us into presence and reminds us that we are here.Pranayama: Dirga Swasam (Three-Part Breath) to expand awareness and grounding.Prompt: “When I listen to my breath, what truth do I hear?”

    Week 2 – The Pause: Writing from the Center - This week explores the stillness between inhale and exhale as fertile ground for creativity. The sacred pause holds space for what is yet unspoken. We'll journal from this still point and hold presence with what has not yet become.Pranayama: Kumbhaka (Breath Retention) to deepen introspection and anchor presence.Prompt: “What waits for me in the silence between?”

    Week 3 – The Exhale: Releasing on the Page - We write to let go—of shame, perfection, or stories that no longer serve. Through breath-led movement, cleansing rituals, and honest reflection, you’ll write into what’s ready to leave. This is our composting moment.Pranayama: Nadi Shodhana (Alternate Nostril Breathing) to balance and purify emotional flow.Prompt: “What am I ready to exhale, release, or surrender?”

    Week 4 – Integration: Breath as a Blessing - We close in gratitude and clarity. Breathing into a vow, a vision, or a love letter to self. You’ll reflect on the journey of breath and becoming, writing one final offering in honor of your own sacred rhythm.Pranayama: Sama Vritti (Equal Ratio Breathing) to invite harmony and integration.Prompt: “What does my breath want me to remember about becoming?”

    Who Should Take This Class

    This course is for anyone craving stillness, truth, and renewal. Writers, healers, parents, artists, survivors, caregivers, and beginners are welcome. If you can breathe, you can write. This class is a space to remember that your breath is sacred—and your story is too.

    If cost is a barrier, we offer scholarships based on income as well as some partial scholarships for people living with serious illness and/or disability or people of color. Please fill out this scholarship application form so that we can find the best way to make the class accessible to you.

    Please note: Registration closes five (5) days before the class start date.

    What students are saying about learning with Tasjha

    “This was exactly what I didn’t know I needed.”


    “Tasjha’s presence is warm, powerful, and deeply affirming.”


    “This is what writing for the soul looks like.”


    Where and When Does this Online Course Meet?

    This is a hybrid online class, hosted on the online teaching platform Wet Ink with additional sessions hosted on Zoom. 

    The day before class begins, you will receive an email invitation from Wet Ink. There are no browser requirements, and Wet Ink is mobile-friendly. The Wet Ink platform allows students to log in on their own time to post comments and critiques directly to authors’ works. You can also view deadlines, track revisions, and watch video or listen to audio. At the end of the class, each student will receive an email that contains an archive of all their content and interactions. 

    The facilitator will be in contact with Zoom session information. Zoom sessions will be recorded and made available only to the class.

    About the Teacher

    Tasjha Dixon (she/her) is a poet, trauma-informed writing facilitator, and Buddhist social worker who guides sacred spaces of voice, breath, and becoming. Founder of Empowering KC, Tasjha has 20+ years of experience in healing-centered care and completed her MFA at Naropa University in August 2025.

    Website: empoweringkcwithtasjha.com

    Instagram: @tasjhadixon | Facebook: facebook.com/tasjhadixon

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  • Holding the Flame: A Night of Writing & Renewal // with Sharon Pajka

    • 30 April 2026
    • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Online
    • 18
    Register

    On the night of April 30th, communities gather to celebrate Walpurgisnacht, a liminal evening...

    ...when bonfires blaze, voices rise in chant, and winter’s lingering spirits are driven away to make room for spring’s creative bloom.

    Rooted in centuries of folklore, this enchanted night invites us to treat language itself as spellcraft—words that warm, illuminate, protect, and transform.

    In this 2-hour session, we’ll explore witchcraft as both metaphor and method in our writing practice. Through the elemental themes of fire, imagination, liberation, and seasonal transition, we’ll tap into the creative energy that emerges when the world shifts from cold dormancy to vibrant possibility.

    Participants will be guided through writing prompts, short readings, and embodied rituals designed to melt what has felt frozen on the page or within ourselves.

    We’ll craft Spring Eve-inspired spells, incantations, and flame-bright pieces that celebrate renewal and invite personal and artistic transformation. No experience with ritual or witchcraft is necessary; writers of all backgrounds are welcome. Bring your curiosity, your creative spirit, and a willingness to let language burn brightly as we cross this powerful seasonal threshold.

    What You Will Experience

    During this two-hour gathering, we’ll begin with a brief opening ritual that includes grounding, a gentle introduction to the history and symbolism of Walpurgisnacht, and a simple candle-lighting to mark our entry into sacred creative space. From there, we’ll move into our first writing prompt, “What Winter Left Behind,” an opportunity to explore what still clings from the colder months and what we’re ready to release.

    A short reading on fire, magic, or renewal will guide our discussion as we shift into the craft portion of the workshop, where we’ll experiment with rhythm, repetition, and imagery to create writing that feels enchanted, incantatory, and transformative.

    Our main practice, the “Fire Words” Ritual, invites participants to craft a personal or creative text that melts stagnation, frees the voice, or calls in spring’s brighter energies. Afterward, we’ll gather in small groups for optional sharing and witnessing before returning to the full circle for a brief, playful Walpurgisnacht chant created collaboratively in the moment. We’ll close with a final fire blessing and reflection, releasing any lingering “winter spirits” and affirming the intentions participants wish to carry forward into the new season.

    Who Is This Workshop For?

    Writers, poets, artists, and anyone drawn to seasonal ritual, fire symbolism, creative renewal, or the playful enchantment of Walpurgisnacht. All backgrounds and levels of experience are welcome.

    The TLA Network offers scholarships based on income as well as some partial scholarships for people living with serious illness and/or disability or people of color. Please fill out this scholarship application form so that we can find the best way to make the class accessible to you.


    What people are saying about learning with Sharon:

    I already miss this class for the depth, creativity and intimacy of the subject matter, our facilitator and classmates, and the safety provided. I am very grateful to TLA; Sharon P. our facilitator; and all my classmates for a rewarding, informative and challenging experience. 


    LOVED this class, and the instructor. Would love to learn more in follow up class.


    How fascinating, intriguing and rewarding the subject matter was; and how accepted and truly connected I felt — with the facilitator and classmates; especially considering my current level of writing and participation (first class).

    Where and When Does this Workshop Meet?

    This workshop will be presented Thursday, April 30, 2026 from 7-9PM ET/ 6-8 PM CT/ 5-7 PM MT/ 3-5PM PT / 12-2 AM UTC as a one-time, two-hour Zoom session. The event will be recorded and shared with with anyone registered for Holding the Flame: A Night of Writing & Renewal.

    About the Facilitator

    Sharon Pajka is a Professor of English. She holds a Ph.D. in English Education and a graduate certificate in Public History. Her writing combines a love of words and the stories of those who came before us. She is the author of Women Writers Buried in Virginia (2021) The Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe: Graves of His Family, Friends and Foes (2023), winner of the 2024 Saturday Visiter Awards by Poe Baltimore, and Haunted Virginia Cemeteries (2025).

    On the weekends, you can find her in the cemetery volunteering, giving history tours, researching and writing about cemeteries. Find more information on her website: https://www.sharonpajka.com/

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  • The Flash Fiction Club Craft Series: "CHARACTER"// with Riham Adly (1 of 3)

    • 06 May 2026
    • 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
    • Online
    • 20
    Register

    Have you ever dipped your toes in flash fiction?

    "This form of the ultra compressed short story," you ask?

    But is it really about compressing prose to under 1000 words or is there more to it than meets the eye?

    How about if you step into the club, find out, learn lessons about character creation through shared discussions, insightful questions, and powerful revelations/ epiphanies that are almost always the end result of any book club discussion. Coursework has never been this much fun!

    About the Flash Fiction Club Craft Series

    The Flash Fiction Club Craft Series of three independent workshops is an introduction to what makes a good flash fiction story as we focus on form and craft through reading and discussing three flash fiction pieces every workshop.

    • we question
    • we discover
    • we analyze what flash fiction is and what isn't and how it influences the reader through emotional resonance.

    This is a new offering that takes after book club gatherings and discussions but instead of discussing and learning from books, we'll focus on reading three flash fiction stories a week in advance of the workshop. The reading material can be read in one sitting. 

    You can register for one or all. NOTE: You will need to register for each workshop separately. 

    • May 6, 2026 will focus on CHARACTER
    • May 13, 2026 will focus on PERSPECTIVE AND P.O.V.
    • May 20, 2026 will focus on SETTING

    The Flash Fiction Club: May 6, 2026 "CHARACTER" edition: What You Will Experience

    After having read the flash stories sent in advance we will look into and discuss:

    1. What is flash fiction and why is it wise and useful to discover and try this form even if you are longform fiction writer or memoirist.
    2. A character's outer world and inner world in flash fiction.
    3. How writers of flash fiction carried out the job of creating characters readers could relate to and resonate with.
    4. Silence and weight when creating and revealing characters. Characters are revealed when you put them in situations that go against their self image.
    5. How Character desires and conflicts move a piece forward even if under 1000 words. In flash fiction Character is your key to plot.

    Stories along with a list of discussion topics will be sent to participants in advance as mentioned. An inspiring writing prompt will also be provided to the participants of this workshop.

    Who Should Take The Flash Fiction Club: May 6, 2026 "CHARACTER" edition?

    • Longform or short form fiction writers, memoirists, and writers fascinated by or wanting to explore flash fiction.
    • This offering will also be very useful to creative art therapy students and practitioners as well as therapists.

    I intend every single class to be a channel to self- discovery through exploring fiction and community discussions.

    The TLA Network offers scholarships based on income as well as some partial scholarships for people living with serious illness and/or disability or people of color. Please fill out this scholarship application form so that we can find the best way to make the class accessible to you.

    What people are saying about learning with Riham:

    I know many of you love to write, and. more importantly, love to LEARN. Riham Adly is an incredible writer and teacher. I am so grateful that I gave myself the gift of this course a couple of months ago, and also recommended it to a friend, who also enjoyed the process immensely. — Lisa Boulware Molina

    Riham is a phenomenal writing instructor and coach. If you have any interest in writing flash fiction, Jung, Tarot, Dream analysis, and going deep with your writing, this is a a class not to be missed. — Theresa Coty O'Neil

    If you are starting to write, like me, you will really benefit from this course. I took Riham Adly's writing courses and they are so thoroughly researched and she introduced me to such new things. It was extremely productive. I highly recommend. — Annie Banerjee

    I highly recommend. If you are looking for something different that dives deeply into emotions and other driving motivations that enhance your characters and narrative, don't miss this opportunity. — Lorette C. Luzajic

    Where and When Does the "CHARACTER" edition Workshop Meet?

    This is an online workshop meeting live via Zoom on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 for three hours from 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM ET | 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM CT | 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM MT | 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT | 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM UTC. The workshop will be recorded and the recording shared only with registrants.

    About the Facilitator

    Riham Adly is an award-winning flash fiction writer from Giza, Egypt. Riham is a Best of the NET and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her work is included in the Best Micro-fiction 2020 anthology. Her flash fiction has appeared in over fifty journals such as Litro Magazine, Lost Balloon, The Flash Flood, Bending Genres, The Citron Review, The Sunlight Press, Flash Fiction Magazine, Menacing Hedge, Flash Frontier, Flash Back, Ellipsis Zine, Okay Donkey, and New Flash Fiction Review among others. Riham has worked as an assistant editor in 101 words magazine and as a first reader in Vestal Review magazine. Riham is the founder of the “Let’s Write Short Stories” and “ Let’s Write That Novel” in Egypt. She has taught creative writing all over Cairo for over five years with the goal of mentoring and empowering aspiring writers in her region. Riham’s flash fiction collection Love is Make-Believe was released and published in November 2021 by Clarendon House Publications in the UK.

    Keep in touch with Riham on Instagram. 

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  • Threshold of Tongues: Writing from our Ancestral Wombs // with Kashiana Singh and Pramila Venkateswaran

    • 09 May 2026
    • 30 May 2026
    • Online
    • 12
    Register

    What if someone said you could create powerful, living poetry from both the stories and the silences you carry?

    In a time when the world feels increasingly fractured—marked by geopolitical uncertainty, climate crisis, and the shifting sands of identity—poetry offers both anchor and compass. With thoughtful prompts and expert guidance, Kashiana Singh and Pramila Venkateswaran will help you craft poems that draw on ancestral and cultural syntax, inviting sensitivity, honesty, and connection.

    This workshop creates space for the stories we carry—those buried in the silences of elders who could not or would not bring them across thresholds of migration, displacement, or trauma.

    Through embodied language and intentional writing practices, we’ll call forth these silences and transform them into powerful, living poetry.

    For both beginners and experienced poets, the workshop provides a sanctuary to explore the intersections of heritage and the present moment. 

    In a world navigating deep uncertainty, Threshold of Tongues becomes a vessel—not just for reflection but for resilience, offering participants a way to yield to the world’s challenges while discovering inspiration in its complexities.

    Week by Week

    Description of the Panel:

    Poetry serves as a portal for those whose heritage has been disrupted by violence, colonization, and displacement. This panel is an invitation to air out the stories we often tuck away in attics, closets, journals, or even deep within our bodies. With discernment, we’ll explore what to salvage, what to unlearn, and what we must leave behind. We will call forth these gnarled stories, finding sound for them and housing them in poetic altars—where they can be honored and reshaped.

    Through poetry, texts, and references, this panel will create space for participants and panelists alike to unlearn and rediscover what is essential, grounding, and liberating within our histories.

    The stories, whether remembered or forgotten, live inside us, waiting for the right moment to emerge. This panel offers an opportunity to open the doors to these words, rhythms, mantras, and wisdom. While some stories may feel gnarled or deformed by time and trauma, they are no less a source of deep-rooted truth—the truth that transcends data, facts, and historical records, and instead speaks to the unchanging core of who we are.

    Join us as we reclaim, reconnect, and reimagine what our heritage can offer in these uncertain times.

    The four sessions will flow to and through the following :

    Holding Space - Reading from reference texts to ground the discussion –

    ● How I Became a Tree by Sumana Roy

    ● The Overstory by Richard Powers

    ● Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air Anthology

    ● Every Poem Has Ancestors by Joy Harjo

    ● Ancestors by Ada Limón

    ● Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo

    ● “The Aisling” Irish dream poem in which Ireland appears to the poet personified as a woman.

    ● Poetry of Immigration, Refugees, and Exile

    Session 1: Invocation

    In this session, we will engage in readings from poets whose works are deeply inspired by ancestral words, languages, and the intricate weave of displacement. These texts will serve as a gateway to understanding how distance and history shape our identities, calling forth the echoes of our ancestors in poetic form.

    Session 2: Gazing Inwards

    With a ceremonial fishbowl, we’ll invite participants to ask questions that lead us into a still space of deep reflection. This introspective exploration will focus on the roots and root systems of our ancestors—those foundations that nourish our poetic voices. Poems and texts will guide us into this space, helping us integrate both personal and collective histories into the creative process.

    Session 3: Going Outwards

    Now, we will turn our gaze outward, opening doorways for our participants to bring forth examples of their own communities—folk tales, places, food, and superstitions. Like a collective ritual, the poems generated in Session 2 will be shared and welcomed into the cohort, expanding our understanding of heritage through diverse lenses and experiences.

    Session 4: Contemplation

    In our final session, we will leave with more than just first drafts of poems—we will carry our bodily and soul selves forward, enriched by the reflections and creative energy of the workshop. Our poems will open new doorways, ushering in fresh creativity and deeper connection to the legacies we’ve explored.

    Who Should Take This Class

    Poets as keepers will engage with poetry of persistence and resistance. Pathways to our Ancestral systems that ignite memory and hidden narratives. We will gently unbind and trace our roots, roots that have either been axed, twisted, corroded, or displaced. Through these roots, we will start to locate pathways that lead us into the tree system of our ancestors. 

    Join us if you are: 

    • Interested in ancestral and cultural exploration – People seeking to connect with or better understand their lineage and heritage.

    • Engaged in healing or transformative work – Those exploring identity, intergenerational trauma, or self-discovery.

    • Writers, poets, and creatives – Especially those who use art as a means of reflection, resistance, or reclamation.

    • Educators, historians, or students – Individuals open to alternative narratives that challenge conventional histories.

    • Spiritual seekers – Participants drawn to practices that honor intuition, memory, and inherited wisdom.

    If cost is a barrier, we offer scholarships based on income as well as some partial scholarships for people living with serious illness and/or disability or people of color. Please fill out this scholarship application form so that we can find the best way to make the class accessible to you.

    Please note: Registration closes five (5) days before the class start date.

    What former students have to say:

    “Such rich content.” Leslie

    “I wrote something and from something I had tucked away behind years of learned patterns.” Jena

    “How refreshing to have two diaspora poets lead these workshops and speak in authentic voices.” Pramila

    Where and When Does this Online Course Meet?

    This online course will be presented through live Zoom meetings on four consecutive Saturdays at 11am EST. 

    About the Facilitators

    When Kashiana Singh is not writing, she lives to embody her TEDx talk theme of Work as Worship into her every day. Author of 4 collections with Witching Hour released in December 2024 with Glass Lyre Press.

    Pramila Venkateswaran, poet laureate of Suffolk County, Long Island. Author of 8 collections she is a Professor of English at Nassau Community College (SUNY).

    Both are actively involved in giving workshops and readings and lead the Matwaala South Asian Diaspora Poetry collective.

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  • The Flash Fiction Club Craft Series: "PERSPECTIVE & P.O.V." // with Riham Adly (2 of 3)

    • 13 May 2026
    • 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
    • Online
    • 20
    Register

    Have you ever dipped your toes in flash fiction?

    "This form of the ultra compressed short story," you ask?

    But is it really about compressing prose to under 1000 words or is there more to it than meets the eye?

    How about if you step into the club, find out, learn lessons about character creation through shared discussions, insightful questions, and powerful revelations/ epiphanies that are almost always the end result of any book club discussion. Coursework has never been this much fun!

    About the Flash Fiction Club Craft Series

    The Flash Fiction Club Craft Series of three independent workshops is an introduction to what makes a good flash fiction story as we focus on form and craft through reading and discussing three flash fiction pieces every workshop.

    • we question
    • we discover
    • we analyze what flash fiction is and what isn't and how it influences the reader through emotional resonance.

    This is a new offering that takes after book club gatherings and discussions but instead of discussing and learning from books, we'll focus on reading three flash fiction stories a week in advance of the workshop. The reading material can be read in one sitting. 

    You can register for one or all. NOTE: You will need to register for each workshop separately. 

    • May 6, 2026 will focus on CHARACTER
    • May 13, 2026 will focus on PERSPECTIVE AND P.O.V.
    • May 20, 2026 will focus on SETTING

    The Flash Fiction Club: May 13, 2026 "PERSPECTIVE & P.O.V." edition: What You Will Experience

    After a brief reminder of what is flash fiction, it's formula, and why is it on the rise:

    1. We will explore what is Perspective and how it reveals character and causes conflicts and desires.
    2. We will discuss the effect of perspective on narrative style ( tone, mood, word choice, and syntax)
    3. We will look at how authors used perspective to create emotional resonance and relevance with readers
    4. Point of view: What is it really? Why do we chose first, second, or third person when writing.
    5. We will analyze why the authors choose the point of view through which they narrated their stories.
    6. Finally we will ask : Is the point of view and perspective (world view) of the character reflecting that of the inner world or subconscious belief of the writer?

    An optional writing prompt exercise will be provided at the end of the discussion.

    Who Should Take The Flash Fiction Club: May 13, 2026 "PERSPECTIVE & P.O.V." edition?

    • Longform or short form fiction writers, memoirists, and writers fascinated by or wanting to explore flash fiction.
    • This offering will also be very useful to creative art therapy students and practitioners as well as therapists.

    I intend every single class to be a channel to self- discovery through exploring fiction and community discussions.

    The TLA Network offers scholarships based on income as well as some partial scholarships for people living with serious illness and/or disability or people of color. Please fill out this scholarship application form so that we can find the best way to make the class accessible to you.

    What people are saying about learning with Riham:

    I know many of you love to write, and. more importantly, love to LEARN. Riham Adly is an incredible writer and teacher. I am so grateful that I gave myself the gift of this course a couple of months ago, and also recommended it to a friend, who also enjoyed the process immensely. — Lisa Boulware Molina

    Riham is a phenomenal writing instructor and coach. If you have any interest in writing flash fiction, Jung, Tarot, Dream analysis, and going deep with your writing, this is a a class not to be missed. — Theresa Coty O'Neil

    If you are starting to write, like me, you will really benefit from this course. I took Riham Adly's writing courses and they are so thoroughly researched and she introduced me to such new things. It was extremely productive. I highly recommend. — Annie Banerjee

    I highly recommend. If you are looking for something different that dives deeply into emotions and other driving motivations that enhance your characters and narrative, don't miss this opportunity. — Lorette C. Luzajic

    Where and When Does the "PERSPECTIVE & P.O.V." edition Workshop Meet?

    This is an online workshop meeting live via Zoom on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 for three hours from 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM ET | 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM CT | 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM MT | 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT | 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM UTC. The workshop will be recorded and the recording shared only with registrants.

    About the Facilitator

    Riham Adly is an award-winning flash fiction writer from Giza, Egypt. Riham is a Best of the NET and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her work is included in the Best Micro-fiction 2020 anthology. Her flash fiction has appeared in over fifty journals such as Litro Magazine, Lost Balloon, The Flash Flood, Bending Genres, The Citron Review, The Sunlight Press, Flash Fiction Magazine, Menacing Hedge, Flash Frontier, Flash Back, Ellipsis Zine, Okay Donkey, and New Flash Fiction Review among others. Riham has worked as an assistant editor in 101 words magazine and as a first reader in Vestal Review magazine. Riham is the founder of the “Let’s Write Short Stories” and “ Let’s Write That Novel” in Egypt. She has taught creative writing all over Cairo for over five years with the goal of mentoring and empowering aspiring writers in her region. Riham’s flash fiction collection Love is Make-Believe was released and published in November 2021 by Clarendon House Publications in the UK.

    Keep in touch with Riham on Instagram. 

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  • The Flash Fiction Club Craft Series: "SETTING" // with Riham Adly (3 of 3)

    • 20 May 2026
    • 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
    • Online
    • 20
    Register

    Have you ever dipped your toes in flash fiction?

    "This form of the ultra compressed short story," you ask?

    But is it really about compressing prose to under 1000 words or is there more to it than meets the eye?

    How about if you step into the club, find out, learn lessons about character creation through shared discussions, insightful questions, and powerful revelations/ epiphanies that are almost always the end result of any book club discussion. Coursework has never been this much fun!

    About the Flash Fiction Club Craft Series

    The Flash Fiction Club Craft Series of three independent workshops is an introduction to what makes a good flash fiction story as we focus on form and craft through reading and discussing three flash fiction pieces every workshop.

    • we question
    • we discover
    • we analyze what flash fiction is and what isn't and how it influences the reader through emotional resonance.

    This is a new offering that takes after book club gatherings and discussions but instead of discussing and learning from books, we'll focus on reading three flash fiction stories a week in advance of the workshop. The reading material can be read in one sitting. 

    You can register for one or all. NOTE: You will need to register for each workshop separately. 

    • May 6, 2026 will focus on CHARACTER
    • May 13, 2026 will focus on PERSPECTIVE AND P.O.V.
    • May 20, 2026 will focus on SETTING

    The Flash Fiction Club: May 20, 2026 "SETTING" edition

    This is the third installment of the Flash Fiction Club Craft Series. A stories club that is not unlike a book club. We explore the flash fiction form and see how it links directly to subconscious emotions, desires, and beliefs that come forth in writing.

    The past two installments focused on character, and perspective and point of view. We looked at stories through the lens of a reader and a writer, discovering and exploring how a story so short and brief can touch on larger than life moments and emotions that hit the reader and leave a lasting imprint.

    This last installment of the series will be all about setting in flash fiction. Setting isn't just time and place. It's a dynamic player that often acts a mirror to our characters and their perspectives at times, and at other times--like we'll discover-- it can be another character. You'll see!

    What You Will Experience

    1. A brief reminder of what is flash fiction, it's structure, why it works, and when to use it.
    2. Exploring what setting really is. Is it just time and place or is it much more?
    3. We're looking at what setting does in the stories:
      1. Setting as a tool that reveals and mirrors the internal world of our characters.
      2. Setting as context for bigger and more difficult stories that could not take place anywhere else aside from the setting chosen.
      3. Setting as an interactive player in the story.
      4. Setting as a character in and onto its self interacting with other characters.

      An optional writing prompt exercise will be provided at the end of the discussion.

      Who Should Take The Flash Fiction Club: May 20, 2026 "SETTING" edition?

      • Longform or short form fiction writers, memoirists, and writers fascinated by or wanting to explore flash fiction.
      • This offering will also be very useful to creative art therapy students and practitioners as well as therapists.

      I intend every single class to be a channel to self- discovery through exploring fiction and community discussions.

      The TLA Network offers scholarships based on income as well as some partial scholarships for people living with serious illness and/or disability or people of color. Please fill out this scholarship application form so that we can find the best way to make the class accessible to you.

      What people are saying about learning with Riham:

      I know many of you love to write, and. more importantly, love to LEARN. Riham Adly is an incredible writer and teacher. I am so grateful that I gave myself the gift of this course a couple of months ago, and also recommended it to a friend, who also enjoyed the process immensely. — Lisa Boulware Molina

      Riham is a phenomenal writing instructor and coach. If you have any interest in writing flash fiction, Jung, Tarot, Dream analysis, and going deep with your writing, this is a a class not to be missed. — Theresa Coty O'Neil

      If you are starting to write, like me, you will really benefit from this course. I took Riham Adly's writing courses and they are so thoroughly researched and she introduced me to such new things. It was extremely productive. I highly recommend. — Annie Banerjee

      I highly recommend. If you are looking for something different that dives deeply into emotions and other driving motivations that enhance your characters and narrative, don't miss this opportunity. — Lorette C. Luzajic

      Where and When Does the "SETTING" edition Workshop Meet?

      This is an online workshop meeting live via Zoom on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 for three hours from 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM ET | 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM CT | 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM MT | 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT | 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM UTC. The workshop will be recorded and the recording shared only with registrants.

      About the Facilitator

      Riham Adly is an award-winning flash fiction writer from Giza, Egypt. Riham is a Best of the NET and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her work is included in the Best Micro-fiction 2020 anthology. Her flash fiction has appeared in over fifty journals such as Litro Magazine, Lost Balloon, The Flash Flood, Bending Genres, The Citron Review, The Sunlight Press, Flash Fiction Magazine, Menacing Hedge, Flash Frontier, Flash Back, Ellipsis Zine, Okay Donkey, and New Flash Fiction Review among others. Riham has worked as an assistant editor in 101 words magazine and as a first reader in Vestal Review magazine. Riham is the founder of the “Let’s Write Short Stories” and “ Let’s Write That Novel” in Egypt. She has taught creative writing all over Cairo for over five years with the goal of mentoring and empowering aspiring writers in her region. Riham’s flash fiction collection Love is Make-Believe was released and published in November 2021 by Clarendon House Publications in the UK.

      Keep in touch with Riham on Instagram. 

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    1. Sustainable Marketing for Writers, Changemakers, and other Magical TLArtists // with Tracie Nichols

      • 03 June 2026
      • 01 July 2026
      • Online
      • 12
      Register


      I’ll bet your work and art is quietly (or not so quietly) life-changing. 

      I’ll also bet not enough people know about it—or you—right? 

      Sustainable Marketing for Writers, Changemakers, and other Magical TLArtists will help you (re)define marketing and promotion (as well as terms and concepts like business growth, strategy, and community building) as practices that can be both sustainable and successful while also being aligned with your values, creative and business goals, and available expendable energy. (In other words, how many spoons can you devote to this?)

      At the end of our four weeks together, you will: 

      • know what you want your marketing to do for you/your business.
      • have the foundation of a sustainable marketing strategy grounded in:
        • language and methods of communication meaningful to both you and your community.
        • knowing the best pace for your available time and energy.
        • researching the best places/platforms for the ways you most effectively and genuinely communicate.
      • be part of a network of other creatives working to build sustainable marketing practices.
      • be supported by a collection of resources and tools specific to you, your working rhythms, and your goals for your business.

      In short—this is a professional development course designed to make strategies for growing your community and business sane and sustainable. 

      Week By Week 

      Week 1: Evicting your inner late-night infomercial huckster, (or how your assumptions about marketing are probably not helping you grow your business) 

      This week we will:

      • look at the ways ubiquitous, relentless, mainstream marketing consciously and unconsciously shapes what we think marketing is, the language we use to define it and ourselves, and what it must look or sound like. 
      • redefine and/or reclaim “marketing” and “promotion” as actions you take to help your community understand what you do and how it helps them so they can make a conscious, informed choice to work with you, (buy from you, join your thing).

      Week 2: You & your community—intersecting ecosystems. Creating a sustainable marketing strategy starts with knowing yourself and your community.

      Our activities this week will:

      • delve into who you are as a TLArtist; your values, your native communication style, the personality and neurologic traits that underpin how you think, create, and take action. 
      • explore who are the people in your community, how can you connect with them, what are the ways they will be looking for help?
      • clarify/define the kind of conversation and/or reciprocal relationship you and your community want to be having.

      Week 3: Keeping it (sane) and sustainable.

      This week we will:

      • do some noticing and writing around personal rhythms—what kinds of activities consume more energy and what replenishes?
      • spend some time noticing your responses to platforms and places where marketing happens.
      • explore (potentially) new places, both in-person and online, where you might market with the goal of finding a few that feel sustainable.

      Week 4: Market like a tree: be rooted; offer oxygen. Crafting your sustainable marketing strategies.

      This week we will plant the seeds of a marketing strategy:

      • aligned with how you communicate, your goals, your working rhythm and expendable energy.
      • that feels genuine and inviting to your community.
      • that is both a short and a long-term strategy—meaning actions you can take right away and actions you can build up to over time.

      Who Should Take This Class

      You should come if you're a writer, changemaker, or Transformative Language Artist interested in building your community and/or your practice without burning out, becoming overwhelmed, or feeling inauthentic. This applies to both solo practitioners and people who are responsible for community building for an organization.

      NOTE: While this approach to marketing is especially helpful for introverts, ambiverts, Highly Sensitive People (HSP) and/or people with ADHD and/or AuDHD, anyone who feels alienated by traditional marketing methods will find inspiration here.

      *Who are TLArts practitioners? Teachers, counselors, writers, storytellers, performers, songwriters, poets, community leaders, activists, and other artists using language for individual or community transformation.

      We offer scholarships based on income as well as some partial scholarships for people living with serious illness and/or disability or people of color. Please fill out this scholarship application form so that we can find the best way to make the class accessible to you.

      What people are saying about working with Tracie:

      “ 'Sustainable' -- that was the magic word for me. I’m comfortable marketing my writing coaching services, but the only thing consistent about my marketing has been its inconsistency. Too many things to do! Tracie’s expertise, empathy, and compassion not only refreshed my approach to strategy; it helped me better align ideas and tasks with how I work and think. She was great at identifying specific approaches and messaging that surfaced from assignments and suggesting ways to use those effectively. And yes, sustainably!"—Judy Fort Brenneman, Greenfire Creative, LLC

      "Thank you for an incredible class! I look forward to diving deeper into the resources shared and continuing my reflections on how to bring in the people who resonate with my work." —Sustainable Marketing Strategies student; spring 2025

      "Tracie gave excellent, insightful comments and feedback, and there was some lovely interactive discussion and sharing between students as well."—Sustainable Marketing Strategies student; spring 2025

      "Solid introduction to marketing that aligns with individual values and abilities -- not cookie-cutter, etc. SO important!"—Sustainable Marketing Strategies student; spring 2025


      Where and When Does this Online Course Meet?

      Course materials will be delivered through a hybrid of weekly Zoom sessions and online, asynchronous discussion and resources in a Google Classroom space.

      The majority of the work will happen in the weekly 90 minute Zoom meetings, held on four consecutive Sundays from 3-4:30 PM ET (2-3:30 PM CT | 1-2:30 PM MT | 12-1:30 PM PT | 7-8:30 PM UTC): June 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2026. Sessions will be recorded and made available to students only. 

      This class utilizes personal reflection, group discussion, and writing exercises to explore and redefine marketing so it becomes a useful and sustainable business strategy for creatives like TLArtists. You should plan to spend about three hours per week on course work between the Zoom meetings and outside writing exercises and research. 

      About the Facilitator

      Tracie Nichols is a poet, facilitator, and the current Managing Director of The Transformative Language Arts Network. Over the past 20 years, inspired by her graduate work in Transformative Learning and Change, she has designed and facilitated hundreds of virtual and in-person learning experiences for people seeking personal transformation and growth. You can connect with her through her website https://tracienichols.com/ and she loves new subscribers to her Substack https://tracienichols.substack.com/.

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    2. Foundations of Facilitation // with Amanda Faye Lacson & Tracie Nichols

      • 02 September 2026
      • 27 October 2026
      • online
      • 30
      Register


      This course introduces the foundations and best practices of facilitation to TLA practitioners.

      You will learn about yourself as a facilitator and explore principles for designing and facilitating effective workshops that carefully consider ways to support different populations.

      You will emerge from the class with a Capstone Project, a detailed workshop proposal that covers the content and structure of your program; considerations for marketing, ethics, technology, and moving in the physical space depending on the populations you plan to welcome in; and how you might facilitate the work beyond the workshop space and connect to a larger community. 

      Weekly Zoom sessions and Wet Ink lessons with extensive resources will cover course content and offer opportunities to engage with and practice facilitation principles. Weekly assignments will include readings, written responses, and self-care practices.

      Week by Week

      Week 1: Roles & Rules: Introduction to Facilitation

      In this opening session, we’ll introduce ourselves, the course, and the foundational principles of facilitation. These principles are rooted in the idea that whatever the subject or situation, the goal of facilitation is to support individual and collective transformation. We’ll also cover the importance of establishing ground rules and prioritizing self-care.

      Week 2: Good Bones: Structuring Workshops for Effective Facilitation

      Effective facilitation depends on a program that has “good bones.” In this session, we’ll explore   foundational principles and techniques for planning, organizing, and reviewing facilitation sessions. We’ll focus on ways to build a solid yet flexible structure that supports your goals and meets the needs of your participants.

      Week 3: Considering Power Dynamics of Rank and Class

      As a course designer and facilitator, you bring a position of privilege and higher rank into a room from the beginning. Tied up with rank, especially in our society, is class, which isn’t just salaries earned, but what access people have to good education, meaningful employment, and safe communities. In this week we will discuss what ranks we live with on a regular basis, and the ones that we take on and off, depending on the situation. We will also discuss perceived power, and what you may or may not want to do to take on or cede power in the groups you facilitate.

      Week 4: Facilitating across Identity: 

      In this session, we will look at different ways to facilitate groups of mixed identity, including affiliations with race, gender, sexuality, generations and parenthood. We will learn how we are socialized to think about different identities; if/how we have had experience with conversations across identities; and what considerations we can adopt when creating a space that will be welcoming across identity. 

      Week 5: Facilitating across Disabled, Neurodiverse and Aging Bodies:

      In this session, we will discuss how to prepare for and facilitate across disability, neurodiversity, serious illness, and aging bodies. We are operating from a social model of disability, which says “individual limitations are not the cause of disability. Rather, it is society’s failure to provide appropriate services and adequately ensure that the needs of disabled people are taken into account in societal organization.” We want to discuss how we can create spaces that do not “disable” our participants. How can we structure access in our workshops from the beginning, instead of having to create accommodations as issues arise?

      Week 6: Trauma-Informed Facilitation: 

      No matter what kind of workshop or event you facilitate, a majority of your participants will have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lives. And as transformative language artists, we often work with specific survivor populations to offer tools and opportunities for personal and communal healing. In this session, we’ll discuss trauma, its impact, and why a trauma-informed approach is so important in facilitation. You’ll learn the key principles of trauma-informed facilitation as well as practical steps to take before, during, and after facilitating. You’ll also be reminded of the importance of self-awareness and self-care as a trauma-informed facilitator.

      Week 7: Facilitating for Community Transformation:

      One of the unique tasks of a Transformative Language Artist is that we use words not only for personal transformation, but to effect change in our communities. In this session, we will discuss ways to bring your work and the work of your participants out into the community. How can you continue the conversation beyond the workshop space? Who, in your community, needs your work? What is the change that you wish to see in your community? Through reviewing examples of TLA in the world, we will consider ways you as a facilitator can contribute to community dialogue and transformation. 

      Week 8: Capstone Project Presentations:

      The final week will include the opportunity to present your Capstone Project, a document that outlines the offering you would like to present in your community, and what considerations you plan to take in your facilitation approach. As this is a living document that you will work on throughout the class, we will discuss: How has your vision evolved from the beginning of class? What challenges or barriers do you anticipate in fulfilling this work? What considerations have you most appreciated? What considerations may you have missed?

      Who Should Take This Class

      This class is required for the Certification in TLA Foundations. It is appropriate for beginning and seasoned facilitators who are new to TLA; TLA practitioners who are seasoned in their art and looking to facilitate work in their community; and TLA artists and facilitators who want to update their practices with current language and best practices around community identities.

      Where and When Does this Online Course Meet?

      Foundations of Facilitation is an asynchronous, online course hosted through the classroom platform, Wet Ink, supported by weekly live Zoom meetings. 

      All class materials (lessons, assignments, and extensive resources) will be shared each week in Wet Ink. Students who cannot make a live call have the option of watching or listening to the recording and responding to the prompts/questions in the asynchronous classroom platform, Wet Ink.

      Weekly live Zoom sessions will be held on eight consecutive Saturdays beginning Sept. 5, 2026 from 3-4:30 PM ET. Click here to convert to your time zone. All sessions will be recorded and shared with registered students.

      About the Facilitators

      Amanda Faye Lacson (she/hers) is a Filipina-American writer, photographer and historian. She examines how our identities are shaped, how they impact the way we move in the world, and how we write our history through her creative nonfiction and playwriting; photography documenting the artistic process; oral history-oriented podcast interviewing; and by creating and facilitating community-based workshops for the family historian. Amanda is a board member and Membership co-chair of the Transformative Language Arts Network; writer, performer and director with the Playful Substance theater company; and producer, host and editor of Goddard in the World Podcast. She is also the founder of FamilyArchive Business, a studio designed to support the family historian at any point in the archiving process, from organizing photos in boxes to creating a final product to share with the family.

      Recent projects include: writing and performing work based on her experience as a Pinay child and mother in the devised theater piece Raised Pinay: The 5th Generation; presenting a generative writing workshop on using Transformative Language Arts to create and deepen one’s family archive at the TLAN Power of Words conference; writing a satirical monologue from the perspective of Christopher Columbus reckoning with his legacy in the afterlife, for Playful Substance; and photographing classical Indian dance performance by Brooklyn Raga Massive for Chelsea Factory. Keep up with Amanda's work at amandafayelacson.com.

      Tracie Nichols (she/her) is a poet, facilitator, HSP, over-thinker, introvert, and woman of deepening years. When she's not doing managing director things for the Transformative Language Arts Network (TLAN), she writes poetry and creates seasonal word adventures for shy but curious people. 

      Tracie’s appreciation for the power of words to heal and transform started decades ago when she began writing poems to navigate early trauma. She knew she'd found home with the Transformative Language Arts Network community when she realized it merged the principles of her graduate degree in Transformative Learning and Change with her passion for writing as a path to healing and growth.

      Today, she lives in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband, occasionally her adult children, and a very large ginger tabby cat named Strider. She writes poems from her tiny desk under the wide reach of two old Sycamore trees. Tracie is honored that her recent work has appeared in kerning, Rogue Agent, Text Power Telling, and The Weight of Motherhood anthology.

      Connect with Tracie at tracienichols.com.

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    Past Classes

    08 March 2026 Haiku for the Soul // with Nicole Livengood
    31 January 2026 Writing for Transformation For Yourself & Your Community // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    07 January 2026 Meditate, Move, & Create // with Christina M. Rau
    07 December 2025 TLA Network Virtual Salon
    16 November 2025 Transformative Language Arts Network Community Circles
    12 November 2025 Our Grandmothers on the Page-OPEN READINGS
    29 October 2025 Changing the World With Words: TLA Foundations // with Amanda Lacson
    22 October 2025 Word is Bond: Writing as liberation practice // with Tasjha Dixon
    03 October 2025 2025 Power of Words Conference
    21 September 2025 Transformative Language Arts Network Community Circles
    17 September 2025 Writing the Dead // with Sharon Pajka
    24 August 2025 TLA Network Virtual Salon
    26 July 2025 The Magic Eye and Writing From Body and Place: A Workshop and Reading// with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    20 July 2025 Transformative Language Arts Network Community Circles
    08 June 2025 TLA Network Virtual Salon
    04 June 2025 Twelve Poets to Change Your Life // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    18 May 2025 Transformative Language Arts Network Community Circles
    06 May 2025 Storytelling and the Body // with Danielle Bainbridge, Jane Hseu, & Kimberly Gomes
    05 March 2025 Foundations of Facilitation // with Amanda Faye Lacson & Tracie Nichols
    23 February 2025 TLA Network Virtual Salon
    15 February 2025 Writing, Love, and Courage in Tender Times // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    02 February 2025 Seeding change: Creating When Life is Hard // with Tracie Nichols
    26 January 2025 Transformative Language Arts Network Community Circles
    22 January 2025 The Arc of Storytelling from the Writer’s Subconscious // with Riham Adly
    15 January 2025 Integrating the Arts with Medicine // with Lewis Mehl-Madrona and Barbara Mainguy
    12 January 2025 New Visions for Your Life's Work in the Arts and Beyond // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg & Kathryn Lorenzen
    08 January 2025 Mindful Writing: A pathway to inner freedom // with Marianela Medrano
    11 December 2024 Monologue Showcase: Voices of Healing and Transformation
    08 December 2024 TLA Network Virtual Salon
    18 November 2024 Playback Theatre: Embodied Empathy and Stories of Neurodivergence // with Christopher Ellinger & True Story Theater
    02 November 2024 Envisioning TLA in the World: A Community Conversation
    30 October 2024 Your Memoir as Monologue - with Showcase Performance: Voices of Healing and Transformation // with Kelly DuMar
    30 October 2024 Changing the World With Words: TLA Foundations // with Amanda Lacson & Tracie Nichols
    02 October 2024 The (Extra)Ordinary Moment: The Art and Craft of Micro-Memoir // with Elizabeth Lukács Chesla
    26 September 2024 Celebration with Midwest Poets Laureate: An evening with the Power of Words
    14 August 2024 How to Design and Facilitate On-Line Classes // with Caryn Mirriam Goldberg and Joy Roulier Sawyer
    11 August 2024 TLA Network Virtual Salon
    15 June 2024 A Banquet of Transformative Language Arts!
    05 June 2024 Writing Hard Things: Approaching Difficult Topics with Sensitivity and Candor // with Autumn Konopka
    04 May 2024 How to Write About Life's Hard Stuff // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    20 March 2024 Foundations of Facilitation // with Amanda Faye Lacson & Tracie Nichols
    20 March 2024 Talk To Me Nice: Using The Word as a Healing Modality // with Zena Robinson-Wouadjou
    06 March 2024 Real Talk: Writing Intergenerational Dialogue // with Lyndsey Ellis
    06 March 2024 15 Poets to Open Your Heart and Writing // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    06 March 2024 Storytelling and Therapeutic Persuasion // with Lewis Mehl-Madrona and Barbara Mainguy
    24 January 2024 Kissing the Muse: A Messy, Magical, Creative Adventure (part 1) \\ with Robbyn Layne
    10 January 2024 Flash Fiction Forms: Exploring Elements of Craft Through Archetypes & Metaphors in Dreams, Tarot, & Fairy Tales // with Riham Adly
    07 January 2024 Building Connections to Create Sustainable Work in the Arts // with Caryn-Mirriam Goldberg & Kathryn Lorenzen
    03 December 2023 Monologue Showcase: Voices for Healing & Transformation
    26 October 2023 Your Memoir as Monologue - with Showcase: Writing Monologues for Healing and Transformation // with Kelly DuMar
    25 October 2023 Identity and Belonging: An Exploration through Visual Art and Creative Writing // with Renu Thomas
    25 October 2023 Journaling the Heroine’s Journey // with Kate Farrell
    23 October 2023 TLA Network Global Virtual Salon
    09 September 2023 Wounds of Wisdom // with Anjana Deshpande
    06 September 2023 Telling It Slant: The Art of Autofiction // with Elizabeth Chesla
    06 September 2023 & They Call Us Crazy: Outsider Writing to Cross the Borders of Human Imagination // with Caits Meissner
    06 September 2023 Liminal Spaces: The Poetry of Transitions and Change // with Angie Ebba
    15 August 2023 TLA Network Virtual Global Salon
    13 August 2023 Leading Transformative Writing Workshops // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg & Joy Roulier Sawyer
    25 June 2023 TLA Network Virtual Salon
    07 June 2023 Twelve Poets to Change Your Life // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    07 June 2023 Flash Fiction: Writing from the Subconscious // with Riham Adly
    15 March 2023 Changing the World with Words: TLA Foundations // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    27 January 2023 What Next? Launching Your Work in the World // with Caits Meissner
    18 January 2023 This is Who I Am: Exploring Personal Identity through Poetry and Art // with Angie Ebba
    18 January 2023 Flash Fiction Forms: Exploring Elements of Craft Through Archetypes & Metaphors in Dreams, Tarot, & Fairy Tales // with Riham Adly
    18 January 2023 Pathways to Wholeness: Mindful Writing Toward Momentous Leaps of Meaning // with Marianela Medrano
    04 December 2022 Re-Visioning TLA in the World: A Community Conversation
    03 December 2022 Your Calling, Your Livelihood, Your Life: Making a Living from TLA // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg & Kathern Lorenzen
    26 October 2022 Identity and Belonging: An Exploration through Visual Art and Creative Writing // with Renu Thomas
    12 October 2022 Monologue Showcase: Voices for Healing & Transformation
    15 September 2022 Flash Fiction Showcase & Open Mic with Riham Adly & Friends
    14 September 2022 Beyond the Hero’s Journey: Exploring the Paths of the Heroine, Healer, and Seeker // with Kimberly Lee
    07 September 2022 Your Memoir as Monologue - with Showcase: Writing Monologues for Healing and Transformation // with Kelly DuMar
    15 June 2022 How Pictures Heal: Expressive Writing from Personal Photos // with Kelly DuMar
    15 June 2022 Leverage Your TLA Expertise as a Social Arts Practice, for Community Engagement, & Radical Livelihood // with Yvette Hyater-Adams
    18 May 2022 Flash Fiction: Writing from the Subconscious // with Riham Adly
    20 April 2022 & They Call Us Crazy: Outsider Writing to Cross the Borders of Human Imagination // with Caits Meissner
    09 April 2022 What Is Your Poem Begging to Look Like? Finding the Best Form Through Revision: How to Take Your Expressive Writing to the Next Level // with Fleda Brown
    16 February 2022 Not Enough Spoons: Writing About Disability & Chronic Illness // with Angie Ebba
    14 January 2022 The Quest of Purposeful Memoir: Exploring the Past, Creating the Future // with Jennifer Browdy, PhD
    12 January 2022 Grief Pages: Moving Through Change and Loss with a Creative Notebook Practice // with Lisa Chu
    17 November 2021 Pathways to Wholeness: Mindful Writing Toward Momentous Leaps of Meaning // with Marianela Medrano
    10 November 2021 Kissing the Muse: A Messy, Magical, Art-Making Adventure // with Robbyn Layne McGill
    28 October 2021 Monologue Showcase: Voices of Healing & Transformation
    28 October 2021 2021 Power of Words Conference
    15 September 2021 Your Memoir as Monologue with Showcase: Writing Monologues for Healing and Transformation // with Kelly DuMar
    30 August 2021 For the Love of it: A Mindful Moment of Rejuvenation for Educators // with Joanna Tebbs Young
    07 July 2021 Future Casting: Writing Towards a Just World Vision // with Caits Meissner
    02 June 2021 The Art of Facilitation: Facilitating for Change & Community // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg & Joy Roulier Sawyer
    17 May 2021 Tools for Teachers: Creating a Strong TLA Course Curriculum // with Liz Burke, EdD
    26 April 2021 Tools for Teachers: Marketing Your TLA Class // with Liz Burke, EdD
    18 April 2021 Monologue Showcase: Voices of Change
    05 April 2021 Tools for Teachers: Creating a Strong TLA Course Proposal // with Liz Burke, EdD
    24 March 2021 Tools for Teachers: Creating a Strong TLA Course Curriculum // with Liz Burke, EdD
    24 February 2021 Tools for Teachers: Marketing Your TLA Class // with Liz Burke, EdD
    03 February 2021 Tools for Teachers: Creating a Strong TLA Course Proposal // with Liz Burke, EdD
    03 February 2021 Your Memoir as Monologue: Writing Monologues for Healing and Transformation // with Kelly DuMar
    20 January 2021 Fantastic Folktales & Visionary Angles to Transform Our Stories // with Lyn Ford
    06 January 2021 Kissing the Muse: (Another) Messy, Magical, Art-Making Adventure // with Robbyn Layne McGill
    09 December 2020 TLA in Action: Connection, Collaboration, & Community
    05 December 2020 Fireside Tales: A Virtual Camp In // with Lyn Ford
    04 December 2020 A Virtual Greenhouse: Cultivating, Nurturing, and Sustaining Creative Growth through Literary Friendship
    04 November 2020 Leverage Your Expertise as a Social Arts Practice, for Community Engagement, and Radical Livelihood // with Yvette Angelique Hyater-Adams
    28 October 2020 The Art of Facilitation: Roots and Blossoms of Facilitation // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg & Joy Roulier Sawyer
    18 October 2020 Writing to this Moment: Taking Uncertainty to the Page // with Joanna Tebbs Young, MA-TLA
    14 October 2020 Kissing the Muse: A Messy, Magical, Art-Making Adventure // with Robbyn Layne McGill
    23 September 2020 How Pictures Heal: Expressive Writing from Personal Photos // with Kelly DuMar
    05 August 2020 Pathways to Wholeness: Mindful Writing Toward Momentous Leaps of Meaning // with Marianela Medrano
    24 June 2020 The Art of Facilitation: Facilitating for Change & Community // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg & Joy Roulier Sawyer
    24 June 2020 & They Call Us Crazy: Outsider Writing to Cross the Borders of Human Imagination // with Caits Meissner
    25 March 2020 Changing the World with Words: TLA Foundations // with Joanna Tebbs-Young
    25 March 2020 The Elemental Journey of Purposeful Memoir // with Jennifer Browdy, PhD
    15 January 2020 Your Memoir as Monologue: Writing Monologues for Healing and Transformation // with Kelly DuMar
    15 January 2020 The Art of Facilitation: Roots and Blossoms of Facilitation // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg & Joy Roulier Sawyer
    23 October 2019 15 Poets to Change Your Life & Spark Your Writing // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    23 October 2019 Poems As Prayers: Writing Towards a Just World // with Caits Meissner
    04 September 2019 Speaking Your Truth: Creative Writing in Political Times // with Angie Ebba
    26 June 2019 15 Poets to Change Your Life & Spark Your Writing // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    24 April 2019 Changing the World with Words: TLA Foundations // with Joanna Tebbs-Young
    06 March 2019 Fantastic Folktales & Visionary Angles to Transform Our Stories // with Lyn Ford
    16 January 2019 How Pictures Heal: Honoring Memory & Loss through Expressive Writing from Personal Photos // with Kelly DuMar
    24 October 2018 Coming Home to Body, Earth, and Time: Writing From Where We Live // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    24 October 2018 Leverage Your TLA Expertise for Publication, Community, Business, and Livelihood // with Yvette Hyater-Adams
    05 September 2018 Cultivating Our Voices: Writing Life Stories for Change // with Dr. Liz Burke-Cravens
    05 September 2018 The Five Senses and Four Elements: Connecting With the Body and Nature Through Poetry // with Angie Ebba
    27 June 2018 Wound Dwelling: Writing the Survivor Body(ies) // with Jennye Patterson
    27 June 2018 Changing the World with Words: TLA Foundations // with Joanna Tebbs-Young
    27 June 2018 & They Call Us Crazy: Outsider Writing to Cross the Borders of Human Imagination // with Caits Meissner
    16 May 2018 Values of the Future Through Transformative Language Arts // with Doug Lipman
    04 April 2018 Stories with Spirit: Creativity as a Spiritual Practice // with Regi Carpenter
    14 March 2018 Writing for Social Change: Redream a Just World // with Anya Achtenberg
    21 February 2018 Funding Transformation: Grant Writing for Storytellers, Writers, Artists, Educators, & Activists // with Diane Silver
    10 January 2018 Fantastic Folktales & Visionary Angles to Transform Our Stories // with Lyn Ford
    18 October 2017 Writing Our Lives: The Poetic Self & Transformation // with Dr. Liz Burke-Cravens
    18 October 2017 Changing the World with Words: TLA Foundations // with Joanna Tebbs-Young
    06 September 2017 Your Memoir as Monologue: How to Create Dynamic Dramatic Monologues About Healing and Transformation for Performance // with Kelly DuMar
    06 September 2017 Wound Dwelling: Writing the Survivor Body(ies) // with Jennifer Patterson
    14 June 2017 The Five Senses and Four Elements: Connecting with the Body and Nature Through Poetry // with Angie River
    14 June 2017 The Poetics of Witness: Writing Beyond the Self // with Caits Meissner
    19 April 2017 Diving and Emerging: Finding Your Voice and Identity in Personal Stories // with Regi Carpenter
    01 March 2017 Changing the World with Words: TLA Foundations // with Joanna Tebbs-Young
    01 March 2017 How Pictures Heal: Honoring Memory & Loss through Expressive Writing from Personal Photos // with Kelly DuMar
    11 January 2017 Values of the Future Through Transformative Language Arts // with Doug Lipman
    11 January 2017 Writing from the Root & Through the Body // with Marianela Medrano
    11 January 2017 Your Callings, Your Livelihood, Your Life // With Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    26 October 2016 Leverage Your TLA Expertise for Publication, Community, Business, and Livelihood // with Yvette Angelique Hyater-Adams
    26 October 2016 Not Enough Spoons: Writing About Disability & Chronic Illness // with Angie River
    14 September 2016 Wound Dwelling: Writing the Survivor Body(ies) // with Jennifer Patterson
    14 September 2016 Creating a Sustainable Story: Self-Care, Meaningful Work, and the Business of Creativity // with Laura Packer
    29 June 2016 Coming Home to Body, Earth, and Time: Writing From Where We Live // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
    29 June 2016 Making the Leap into Work You Love // with Scott Youmans
    18 May 2016 Saturated Selfies: Intentional and Intense Photography and Writing
    18 May 2016 Changing the World with Words: TLA Foundations // with Joanna Tebbs Young
    28 March 2016 Gathering Courage: Still-Doing, Big Journaling, and Other (Not So Scary) Ways to Begin Accommodating the Soul
    15 February 2016 Living Out Loud: Healing Through Storytelling and Writing
    15 February 2016 Soulful Songwriting: How To Begin, Collaborate, And Finish Your Song
    04 January 2016 The Five Senses and the Four Elements: Connecting with the Body and Nature Through Poetry
    04 January 2016 Your Memoir as Monologue: How to Create Dynamic Dramatic Monologues About Healing and Transformation for Performance

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