Resonate: A BIPOC Writing Circle - Virtual Workshop
BIPOC Affinity Writing Group!
Join a community of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) writers and listeners — all for FREE!
Try something new
No writing experience required! Led by a Write Around Portland volunteer facilitator of color, Resonate consists of writing, sharing, and giving strengths-based feedback to each other. (Sharing is optional!)
Find your Community
Resonate sessions give plenty of opportunity to listen to others’ stories. Many folks return week after week for a space to unwind and decompress. Resonate is an opportunity to build genuine ties and connection within our community of color.
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Led by a Write Around Portland facilitator of color, Resonate consists of writing, sharing, and giving strengths-based feedback to each other. No preparation or experience in writing is required! Resonate is a great way to unlock your creativity, build or maintain a writing practice, and get some writing done!
* Please note that this program is reserved exclusively for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. If you’re looking for a space to write and do not identify as BIPOC, all writers are invited to join us at Freewrite or Prompt!
Facilitators for 2026
Tyler McCray
Tyler McCray first started writing at the age 11 and has continued to explore his interest in queer literature and poetry throughout the year. He spent most of his life performing at cafes in Orlando, Florida. His first published piece ‘Hashtag Orlando’ was inspired by the aftermath of the Pulse shooting that shook his community in 2016. His main focus is poetry and writing queer fictional YA literature. It is a dream of his to publish books of his poetry and queer fictional novels.
Jessica Yen
Jessica Yen is a Chinese American author whose work explores the intersection of memory, family, culture, language, and history. Her work has appeared in Fourth Genre, Oregon Humanities, and Best American Travel Writing, among others. She is currently working on a memoir. By day, she writes grants for safety net clinics and edits academic manuscripts for scholars seeking to address health inequities.
Jewels Pedersen
Jewels Pedersen is honored to support Write Around Portland as a workshop facilitator and hopes that through the power of writing, people feel empowered to share their stories, building connections, helping themselves and healing. Jewels has read and performed their work in and around Portland, and is working on a coming of age novel set in the 90’s.
Juliana Posada
Juliana Posada has experienced the power of storytelling since a young age. In her adult life she has seen such a power as a catalyst for people’s connections and empathy. She sees the opportunity of writing together as a place for growing and learning in community. She was inspired by the accessibility of Writing Around Portland workshops in allowing a quality space for story telling through fostering writing where everyone can participate. As someone working in the humanities field, Juliana is happy to facilitate a space of connection and sharing, where everyone’s stories are heard and valued.
Briseida Pagador
Hi, I’m Briseida Pagador (brih-say-dah | they/she) an arts and cultural worker with roots in hospitality and public education. My love of poetry threads my love of community. There is a truth each of us knows so intimately, stories only you and I can tell. My goals as a facilitator and writer are (in no specific order) to embrace the blank page, empower authenticity, alchemize fear into support, build networks like mycelium, and enjoy the process alongside you.
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