Thursdays, August 5 – 26 (4 weeks)
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. EST | Online | Register to receive link

Precios a tu manera: Para asegurar que estos talleres especiales facilitados por nuestro Becarios de Escritores Emergentes para que sean lo más accesibles posible para la mayor audiencia posible, ponemos en tus manos la decisión de pagar lo que puedas por este taller. Elige un precio de boleto, que oscila entre $25 y $100, según lo que sientas adecuado.

“Not being who I am is unacceptable.” —Nikky Finney

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” —Audre Lorde

A catalyst to choosing oneself through difficult times and practicing the importance of our truth, “I Am Here: Affirmation as a Form of Resistance” is a workshop where participants can speak back to that which has made us feel small, invisible and impossible throughout our lives. This workshop encourages participants to reclaim their bodies and histories. Whether it is a bully from your childhood, someone who told you that you can’t, or a country with systems that have shown they don’t care whether you are alive or not, it’s time to become bigger. It’s time to denounce the false truths others have given us about who we are and our worth. No previous workshop experience required.

Gabriel Ramírez is a queer Afro-Latinx poet, activist, and teaching artist who has received fellowships from The Conversation Literary Arts Festival, Palm Beach Poetry Festival, The Watering Hole, and CantoMundo. He has performed on Broadway in New York at the New Amsterdam Theatre, United Nations, Lincoln Center, Apollo Theater, and other venues and universities around the nation. Ramirez’s work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Vibe magazine, and on Remezcla.com, as well as in Bettering American Poetry Anthology (Bettering Books, 2017), Lo que nos salva: poemas de empatía e indignación en la era de Trump (Northwestern University Press, 2019), y The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT (Haymarket Press, 2020).

Becas disponibles para estudiantes del MDC

La Feria del Libro de Miami ofrece dos (2) becas de matrícula completa para estudiantes del MDC interesados en asistir a los talleres de escritura creativa mencionados anteriormente. Los solicitantes deben ser estudiantes actualmente matriculados (tiempo completo o parcial) del Miami Dade College que busquen obtener un título y que demuestren necesidad financiera.

Para solicitar una beca:
Por favor, envía un correo electrónico a Marci Cancio-Bello, coordinadora de programas de la Miami Book Fair en [email protected] by Friday, July 30 at 11:59 p.m. EST. The message must include your contact information, the title of the workshop you’d like to take, a short statement of financial need, your MDC class schedule, and a writing sample. First-time writers who lack a writing sample should submit a statement explaining their interest in the workshop.