Writing Nature Workshop
Writing to Heal
Saturday, November 9th from 12:30-3:30 at Sáttítla / Medicine Lake Highlands
Join the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center’s Community Education Coordinator, Kayla Marie Figard, and Chadron State College writing instructor, Evonne Ellis at Medicine Lake Highlands, where we’ll explore the topic of writing to heal relations with Earth and all living beings, including ourselves. During this workshop, we’ll also learn about the Medicine Lake Highlands (Sáttítla) National Monument proposal and the importance of protecting this vital water source and sacred land.
No writing experience is necessary! All ages are welcome at this free event. Lunch will be provided. Registration is required to attend. Meeting location and other details will be given to registrants.
Meet the Facilitators:
Evonne Ellis is a writer, photographer, and Creative Writing instructor at Chadron State College. Her writing and photography have been published in Santa Fe Literary Review, Duck Head Journal, Lookout Network, and Frogpond Journal.
MSBEC’s Community Education Coordinator, Kayla Marie has been writing and playing in nature since she learned to read. She has taught nature writing through her work as a librarian and an outdoor educator for various ages and backgrounds.
Michelle Berditschevsky founded the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center in 1988 when Mount Shasta was threatened by a large ski-condominium development. Her work with sacred lands continues collaborating with the Pit River Nation to protect Sáttítla in the Medicine Lake Highlands. Poetry is a way she attunes to the sacred in nature to cultivate a sense of community with all life.