Watch Roots. Wounds. Words. Writing Workshop alums talk about their RWW workshop experiences, the need for free literary arts programming for BIPOC and the ways in...
In July 2018, Nicole created ROOTS. WOUNDS. WORDS.: A LITERARY ARTS REVOLUTION for Us.
ROOTS. WOUNDS. WORDS. is for Us poverty-born. Us Black. Us Latinx. Us Brown. Us POC. Us felons. Us incarcerated. Us justice-involved. Us queer. Us trans. Us gender nonconforming. Us LGBTQIA+. Us differently-abled. Us trauma survivors. Us marginalized. Us brazen. Us renegades. Us revolutionaries. Us.
What started as a one-day workshop with barely ten participating storytellers seated in a cramped downtown Brooklyn office rental grew into an organization that now supports and amplifies the literary art of over 800 BIPOC storytellers across the country. Today, RWW is a Literary Arts Revolution that offers visionary programming including educational workshops, a monthly book club, a monthly storyteller showcase, publication opportunities, and an annual writers’ retreat.
To learn more about ROOTS. WOUNDS. WORDS., visit www.RootsWoundsWords.org.
“They shame us for not going to the police. They shame us for waiting too long to file a report. They shame us for being girls with asses that roll like mountains when we walk. For being women with breasts that bounce even when barricaded by bras. For having no ass or tits at all. For being pretty. And ugly too. These muthafuckas shame us for breathing.”