Summer of Storytelling: Building Bridges

Join Many Languages One Voice for five free, monthly creative storytelling workshops this May-September! Throughout each session, we will examine contemporary pieces around a theme and then generate our own work based on prompts and guided discussion. This month, we will explore poems and prompts that think through the theme of community and the ways we, as unique and individual puzzle pieces, make up one larger, unified whole with Ofelia Montelongo. You do not need to be an experienced writer or poet to participate—beginners, journal-ers, and writers all welcome.

About the Teaching Artist:

Ofelia Montelongo is a bilingual writer from Mexico. She received a BA in accounting and finance, an MBA, and a BA in English and Creative Writing. She has a MA in Spanish and Latin American Literature from the University of Maryland. Her work has been published in Latino Book Review, Los Acentos Review, Rio Grande Review, and elsewhere. She was the 2019 Writer’s Center Undiscovered Voices Fellow. She currently teaches at the University of Maryland and was a PEN/Faulkner writer in residence in Washington, D.C. In 2021, she was named one of the PEN America Emerging Voices Fellows. Learn more at: ofeliamontelongo.com

Language Access:

Simultaneous interpretation will be available in Spanish. If you require interpretation in French or Amharic, please contact rebecca@mlovdc.org.

Digital Access:

If you are a MLOV member and resident of the District of Columbia, you may be eligible for one-year of high-speed Internet access. Please contact rebecca@mlovdc.org to learn more.

Summer of Storytelling:

This workshop is part of MLOV's Summer of Storytelling to uplift the voices of immigrants, refugees, and BIPOC folks from the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis through writing workshops, yoga, and events like this one. MLOV will work with participants who wish to share their story with the larger DC community through an artistic medium of their choice. Storytellers will receive a $150 stipend.