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Interwoven: A Sensory-Friendly Poetry & Neuroart Workshop for Connection and Belonging
Create, connect, get published, earn volunteer hours. Celebrate Healing Arts Week during the 81st UN General Assembly. Dive into a cozy online space where poetry meets neuroart for all to feel a true sense of belonging!
Time & Location
Sep 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
Free. Virtual, Online
About the event
🎉Sunday, September 20, 2026 | 9:00 - 10:30 AM PDT
10 AM Mexico City | 12 PM New York | 5 PM London | 6 PM Southern Africa | 8 PM Gulf | 9:30 PM India
Need a different time? Request additional session at info@youthfornd.org
Designed to welcome neurodivergent, neurotypical, and gender-expansive young people, the workshop creates a collaborative space for youth with different identities, perspectives, and ways of experiencing the world to create shared "interwoven" poetry and neuroart!
Led by Youth for Neurodiversity Ambassadors and Mentors, participants will begin in small collaborative writing circles of 7 to 8 youth. Each person starts a poem inspired by identity, connection, belonging, overwhelm, quiet, or any experience they choose, then contributes 1 to 2 lines to poems shared throughout the group. By the end, every young person's poem is interwoven with many individual perspectives, creating a shared creative voice.