Issue 9: Displacement
We live in a time of collective shifting and transition. As the world around us rearranges itself in real time, it is impossible to read the news, call home, or participate in community without encountering the many faces of displacement. Now is a time when people are forced from their homes, when families are ruptured, and natural disasters are leveling whole towns. Displacement implies a movement that is not planned, abrupt, or is somehow incompatible with the surroundings.
Our Autumn Fundraiser is live!
Dear friends of Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group,
We are moving our annual fundraiser to November!
The BWWG has always prided itself on remaining free to our members in every way: it is a core value of our group that members are able to join meetups, access community, and develop their writing in a setting that does not add financial pressure to their lives.
We are a volunteer-run group organized by individuals who see this as a labor of love, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. However, a few components of running our group have been adding up lately: since regular sessions now occur on Zoom, we need an account from which to host them that can accommodate our members within the time frame we need. We also expanded to add a literary journal to feature our members’ writing, and that costs a small sum to host.
We find ourselves in a place where we want to ask our gracious community who are in a financial position to do so, to contribute whatever amount they feel comfortable with so that we can cover costs for the following:
- $203.88 annually for a designated BWWG Zoom account to keep our regular virtual sessions without interruption.
- $118.66 annually for the Meetup.com organizer account
- $66 annually for the Wild Garlic website domain + WordPress account
This comes to a total of 388.54$ that we would like to offset for the next year. If we raise more than that, we will either set the funds aside for the following calendar year, or determine a plan for an event or way to spend the funds so that group members will benefit.
DONATE HERE or to the Paypal account: bkwomenswritinggroup@gmail.com
During our Fall Fundraising period from November 15 – December15 we are offering three tiered specials for your contribution.
*If you are interested in participating, please provide us with your name, mailing address and email address in the “note” section of the donation.
The Big Cat: $75-$150 – Nothing to do with cats, just a hefty editorial review of your work by a Wild Garlic editor
The Purr of the Muse: $30-$50 – a poem about cats and a photograph of one of our cats
$10-$30 – a drawing, by one of the organizers, of a cat along with a note of encouragement.
Catnip: $1-$10 – a texted photo of an organizer’s cat ($1 per cat! No limit!)
Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group is thriving because of you, its members, who show up for each other and for your work.
Wild Garlic is a publication of the Brooklyn Women’s Writing Group
