October 21-23, 2021, held virtually. Review schedule and register.
This annual conference is a Nashman Center top pick for demonstrating the values of community engaged scholarship. The Conference on Community Writing is a national event that brings together activists, artists, writers and scholars to theorize, enact, and write the stories of community change.
Update: volunteers are needed to monitor zoom sessions. By volunteering for two Zoom-room sessions of the conference, you will receive free entrance to the full conference platform. Further information available here
The event has dynamic workshops and presentations on a wide range of social justice issues--criminal justice, disability, environment, food, health, racism and colonialism, immigrant and refugee experiences and more.
The Friday night keynote is the indigenous activist and economist Winona Laduke.
Volunteers Needed: GW to Host Conference on Community Writing