Thursday, Apr 18, 2024 at 12:00pm
Collaborative Poetry to Harness Inner Strength, featuring Connie Worthy
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm - Register on Eventbrite
In this workshop, participants will be guided in an exploration of finding and sensing their own inner strength. Participants will be given time to free write and encouraged to share, then the experience will close with a meditation and reading of the collaborative group poem.
Connie Worthy, LMHC, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and co-founder of Subtle-Arts.com. Her reverence for the written word was developed as an English Major at Rollins College, and her love for its therapeutic use was solidified when she facilitated her first Hope at Hand group as a graduate intern nearly ten years ago. Connie is passionate about helping each person uncover their gifts, recognize their innate value, and find - and use - their voice.
Spoken Word, featuring Rashad Hawkins
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm - James Weldon Johnson Park
Join me for a stream-of-consciousness style poetry session with lots of vulnerability, lots of love, and lots of laughs.
Rashad Hawkins is an author, spoken word poet, filmmaker, freelance writer, and businessman based out of Jacksonville, Florida. He is a co-host of the What’s In A Verse Open Mic Show at Rain Dogs. He is an alumnus of Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and Bethune Cookman University, where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications. His works; Women and Other Catastrophes, Pendulum, and Making Noise are all available on Amazon.
