Writing for Justice: Virtual Workshop & Community Gathering

Facilitated by Lauren Oertel and Robert Tyrone Lilly, coauthors of Inside Out: A Texas Prisons Poetry Story, this workshop is more than writing—it is collective visioning.

• You’ll hear our story and vision.
• You’ll share yours.
• And we’ll write together toward the future we believe in.

We center justice and the radical power of the pen—the written word as a weapon to topple towers of tyranny, to write wrongs, to expose the lies of our collective enemies. Writing is not just expression—it is liberation, agency, and autonomy.

Join us to discover your revolutionary voice, as we discovered ours in Inside Out, a book born from struggle and solidarity, now resonating across Texas and beyond.

This is more than a workshop. It is a call to consciousness, a celebration of art as resistance, and an invitation to build the future through connection, creativity, and courage.

Overview:

Sunday, January 25

5pm-6:30pm CT

(3pm PT / 4pm MT / 5pm ET)

On Zoom

Content:

• Introductions
• The Inside Out story, sharing a few poems, what justice/liberation looks like for the authors
• What justice/liberation looks like for you, connecting ideas
• Writing toward justice
• Sharing for encouragement and further connection-making
• Close with plans for action
  

You can get your copy of the book through Lauren's website.

*This workshop is free to attend. For those with the means, we appreciate donations to compensate us for our time, but we want it to be accessible to everyone for whom cost would be a barrier.