“The salmon, the tree, and even Celilo Falls (Wyam) echo within if we become still and listen. Once you have heard, take only what you need and let the rest go.” Recalling Celilo, Elizabeth Woody

OREGON WRITING PROJECT RENEWAL DAY FOR EDUCATORS

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. | McMenamins Kennedy School Gymnasium

Again, in February, when days are short and often gray, make room in your life for a writing retreat. Take a day for yourself, away from your hectic life, to put words on a page, to begin fragments that turn into the writing you have missed doing.

The Oregon Writing Project’s annual writing workshop for K-12 teachers Elizabeth Woody will feature current Oregon Poet Laureate (Navaho, “The power of language in poetry, song, Renée Warm Springs, Wasco, Yakama) in the morning and writer story and legacy has kept Oregon’s Watson in the afternoon. Woody has published poetry, short fiction, communities vibrant.” - ELIZABETH WOODY essays, and is a visual artist. Watson has written children’s books and novels for young adults.

Elizabeth Woody Woody’s poetry reflects her closeties Renée Watson with her family, the natural world, and Writer, performer, educator, her people—a group she portrays with and a 1996 graduate of humanity and sympathy. Jefferson High School.

• Received the William Stafford Memorial Prize for Poetry from Her publications Include: the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association • Piecing Me Together, to be released Feb. 14, 2017 • Wrote Hand into Stone, reprinted as Seven Hands, Seven Hearts, • This Side of Home winner of the American Book Award from the Before Columbus , nominated as a Notable Children’s Foundation, and published Luminaries of the Humble Fiction Book in 2015 by the American Library Association • Harlem’s Little Blackbird • Illustrated Sherman Alexie’s poetry collection, Old Shirts and New Skins • A Place Where Hurricanes Happen • Teaches writing workshops throughout the country • What Momma Left Me • Studied and taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe 2017 OWP RENEWAL DAY REGISTRATION

What: Elizabeth Woody and Renée Watson Writing Workshops & OWP Annual Renewal Day Who: Elizabeth Woody in the morning and Renée Watson in the afternoon with introductions by OWP Director Linda Christensen Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 9 a.m - 3 p.m. (coffee & tea at 8:30 a.m.) Where: Gymnasium of McMenamin’s Kennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd Ave, Portland

Fee: Early bird fee of $25 includes morning beverage and lunch — mailed or faxed by Tuesday, Feb. 7; thereafter, $30 by phone or at the door. For early bird registration, please send your $25 check or credit card authorization to the address on the form below. Sorry, we cannot do electronic registration

Sub. needs: If you are scheduled to teach on Feb. 15, please remember to make your substitute request in advance. OWP does not pay for subs.

Questions? Contact Pam Hooten, OWP Program Asst: 503-768-6132, or [email protected] Space availability limits registration to the first 100. (We fill every year.)

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Registration and fee payment form for OWP Renewal Day on Wednesday, February 15, 2017

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Please fax your registration form with credit card payment to 503-768-6045, or mail with credit card payment/check to:

Oregon Writing Project, Lewis and Clark College—MSC 85, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, 97219-7899

For more information, visit our website, www.go.lclark.edu/owp or call 503-768-6132