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In March 2021 one year after the devastating COVID pandemic shut down our nation, The Things They Carry Project was conceived. Sixty-plus pairs of therapists and writers have donated their time to lead three free ninety-minute Zoom workshops, Writing for Resilience. Each group offers conversation and writing prompts, allowing six participants to explore their COVID experiences, share their writing, and listen and respond to one another.
As of October 2021, more than four hundred participants from around the country have completed a workshop, with many continuing in recently added alumni groups. These ad hoc–formed groups have brought together nurses, firemen, health aides, doctors, clergy, and hospice workers nationally and even internationally—people of different ages, races, and education levels, all writing and sharing the pain of this pandemic year.
Participants and group leaders alike have expressed the remarkable transformative power of writing. As participants rethink and revise their writing, the groups create an opportunity for re-vision, a new pathway to reflect on the past year and the possibility of imagining a hopeful future.
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