In partnership with Understory Magazine and the Alexa McDonough Institute for Women, Gender and Social Justice, IMWAH is inviting 12 self-identified immigrant and migrant women to explore the topic of personal or given names through creative writing.

The project will be hosted on ZOOM from 7-9pm on Wednesdays between September 29th - December 1st, 2021.

This is a closed session for registered participants only.

Registration is closed.

Format and content of the program:

Over the course of ten weeks, participates will join weekly online readings and creative writing sessions hosted by Dr. Rohini Bannerjee and María José Yax-Fraser and guided by authors and storytellers Sheree Fitch and Evelyn C. White. Participants will have the opportunity to craft a non-fiction creative writing piece for publication. These sessions will be centered on names in the context of immigrant migrant women’s lived experiences: the importance of maintaining our chosen or birth names, imposed changes to our names, pressure to adapt our names post-immigration, and related topics.

Participants will have the opportunity to submit their writing piece to be featured in an upcoming issue of Understory Magazine or other selected collection.