Come MEET other queer and trans artists from Toronto and all over the country!
Come LEARN solid writing, editing, performance and publication skills!
Come have FUN, CREATE, WRITE, LEARN and CHILL!

Facilitator bio:
Karine Silverwoman is a playwright, video maker, spoken work artist dancer boxer, counsellor and community activist. She was recently a participant in the Queer Youth Digital Arts Project through The Inside Out Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Her video, 'Hello, My Name is Herman' won "best-liked video by the audience"  award, and received an honorable mention for jury selected best short videos, and has also been shortlisted for the Iris Prize (www.irisprize.org). Karine has worked with Nightwood Theatre and performed her poetry at many different events in Toronto such as Mayworks festival. She works as a crisis referral councilor at Women's Counseling Education Referral Centre (WREC). She has co-facilitated workshops on anti-oppression and has had many years of frontline outreach experience with youth, homeless people and marginalized communities. She is currently taking her degree in social work at Ryerson University.