During the late summer of 2022, I had the honor of facilitating a poetry workshop called Changing Bodies, Changing Landscapes at Pepperwood Preserve's Dwight Center for Conservation Science, in Santa Rosa, CA. We investigated the life of Bay Trees, native grasses and learned about Native fire practices and the ecology of disturbance. We shared and revised our work, often leaning into ecological principals to guide us. We read and listened to the voices of our queer, disabled, Black, Indigenous, People of Color and trans poets. Deepest thanks to the warm and welcoming humans of Pepperwood Preserve and the Wappo people’s whose traditional homeland we wrote on.

This project was partially funded by a grant through Creative Sonoma's ArtSurround project, a new collaborative effort among the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to enhance Sonoma County’s creative vitality by supporting artists and infusing the arts into our public realm. ​