Registration is rolling until September 17 at 11:59PM EST. No application is required (except for financial aid— Applications for financial aid are due September 13 at 5PM EST).

$250 w/financial aid available to residents of Greater Philadelphia (Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties)

4 week class: Sundays 11AM-1PM EST 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15

“The Body as a Space” is a creative writing workshop series created by Enoch that was born from months of intensive therapy to identify and unpack the traumatic experiences living in his body. Centered on the polymerization of poetry and mental health education, these workshops conceptualize the body as various environments in order to identify and deepen our understanding of self, our connection to our body's and the information they are trying to communicate to us daily. Although the creative medium used is poetry, participants do not have to be a poet in order to attend the workshops, the only requirement is openness and a desire to engage with what takes up real estate in your body.

Enoch is a poet, author, trauma-informed teaching artist and creator and writer for manga series Immortal Dark. He was born and raised on the Northside of Wilmington, DE. As a mental health advocate and someone living with bi-polar disorder, his work examines the process of healing and the ways that trauma and mental health move through a family, as well as the outside forces that affect or have affected these developments. His goal is to create written works, curriculum, and platforms that deepen our emotional understanding and its cyclical relation to the conditions acting on the Black mind, body, and spirit. Enoch is the 2017 Philadelphia Fuze Grand Slam Champion and the author of two poetry collections, “The Guide to Drowning” released in 2017 and “Burned at the Roots” released in 2020. Enoch operates as the Executive Publisher and Founder of Black Minds Publishing, LLC, a national publications platform centered around the personal and professional growth of artists and creatives of the Black diaspora.