Shared Language: Community Writing as Care

A free, drop-in writing & reflection workshop for mothers and caregivers

Hosted by Nadia Tahoun, artist and MSW candidate

Join us for a supportive, participatory workshop where language becomes a space for care, connection, and reflection. Through carefully held prompts, mothers and caregivers are invited to anonymously contribute words and phrases that gather in a shared visual field. As language accumulates, repeated words grow more visible, others shift and rearrange, and unexpected poems emerge.

Together, we reflect on the poetry that forms, noticing what it reveals about our needs, what we can offer, and how care moves between us. The workshop holds space for the idea that some of us hold what others need, and that care and solidarity can emerge horizontally through relationships.

No writing experience needed. Drop in at any time.

The Birthing Place Womb Bus will also be on site offering free perinatal and maternal health resources.

Free and open to all.

This project is a part of the What Can We Do? Artist Grant program, presented by Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) and is supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Special thanks to Council Members Christopher Marte and Sandra Ung.