Dear TLA Community:

During these times – as our nation faces profound threats to our democracy, institutional racism is being exposed and challenged on every front, and as we grapple with the impact of a devastating pandemic in the face of a global climate crisis – we continue to promote the transformative language arts as a means for effecting powerful and important social change. 

Whether you use your voice as a writer, a poet, a storyteller, a performer, an artist, a community leader, a change-maker, or in any kind of way – your voice matters. The work you do in the world matters. Our job here at the TLA Network is to offer support, share resources, hold out hope that change is possible, and to help keep our community moving forward while staying connected.

To that end, we are pleased to offer an incredible slate of upcoming fall online classes:
How Pictures Heal: Expressive Writing from Personal Photos // with Kelly DuMar (Sept 23 – Nov 3, 2020)
Kissing the Muse: A Messy, Magical, Art-Making Adventure // with Robbyn Layne McGill (Oct 14 – Dec 1, 2020)
The Art of Facilitation: Roots and Blossoms of Facilitation // with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg & Joy Roulier Sawyer (Oct 28 – Dec 15, 2020)
Fantastic Folktales & Visionary Angles to Transform Our Stories // with Lyn Ford (Jan 20, 2020 – Feb 23, 2021

Additionally, we invite you to join us in Santa Fe, New Mexico next fall, on the other side of this pandemic, at our 18th Power of Words conference. Join us October 29-31, 2021, as we gather with other like-minded transformative language artists dedicated to making the world a better place. We are delighted to welcome four spectacular keynotes: U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, spoken word poet and musician Lyla June Johnston, poet and artist Caits Meissner, and poet Javier Zamora.

Both the conference and all the classes are on sale right now – so make sure you take advantage of the moment, and let’s set our sites on being in community together again, and soon.

To the Power of Words,  

Hanne Weedon
Managing Director