Home Remedies I Workshop

Communal Pen workshops are at the heart of what we do. Each workshop has a facilitator team and thoughtful prompts with the goal of creating community connection. Read more of our details below of this workshop.

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South Carolinians are blessed with abundance in their own backyards. Grandmothers and root doctors have been making medicines from the earth for centuries. Where do you look for healing? Share the remedies and traditions from your heritage. Free registration also includes a foraging walk in Columbia on Friday, May 24 at 4:30 p.m.

This is the third workshop in a May series of virtual community writing workshops with additional opportunities for in-person, follow-up activities in locations throughout South Carolina. Under the banner of Communal Pen, in collaboration with South Carolina Arts Commission, these workshops will explore distinctly South Carolinian resources, sights, and stories, and what they mean to participants, both Bin Ya and Come Ya.

This workshop will explore the ways South Carolina nature provides sustenance and promotes health. Participants can share their personal experiences, from favorite home remedies to memories of a fruitful mushroom hunt. An in-person foraging walk will take place in Columbia the following Saturday. Registration is free to participants.

Facilitator

Matt Kip, founder and director of Full Belly Foraging, will start the workshop by sharing his experiences in teaching about the wild food and medicines in Columbia, SC.

Event Details

Date:
May 21, 2024 6:30 pm

Duration:
90 minutes

Virtual

Location:
Zoom

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Stories from this Collection


  • I enjoyed this experience very much. I enjoyed meeting people and other writers and being able to hear their stories. This is a great opportunity to cold write and get something done off the cuff and, in many ways, has helped me reconnect to writing.

    Rob McManus

  • I appreciate the freedom of expression, the community, the sharing, and the encouragement the Communal Pen offers. It goes beyond just the individual writing or putting things down on paper… it allows you to be inventive and to see things in a different way.

    Janice Johnson

  • The facilitators really cared about what everyone had to say. They really cared, and I feel like that was unique. They give everyone space to share their stories from our community. The black culture is so strong in tying stories together and handing things down over the generations, and I am excited that this workshop seems to share that goal. Connecting to a community that wants to listen to stories and share them like that is powerful.

    Patricia

  • I love folklore, and sharing stories of people’s families. The family stories that may or may not have been embellished over the years… it made me think back on my family stories. Hearing the stories of other attendees made me realize that we have such a rich history of folklore and stories in South Carolina. Listening to the stories gave you a wonderful front porch feeling. It was immediately so comfortable and welcoming.

    Eden

  • No matter what the topic is, the Communal Pen makes you go deeper and share the stories that inspire you. I loved going a little deeper with the other writers, then going deeper into what people see and think. There are no barriers to stop us from expressing ourselves. I learned how to relax and tell my stories to the people in my community.

    Sandy

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