THE MIGHTY PEN has several upcoming events & opportunities for students, faculty & staff that we would like to share! The Mighty Pen amplifies the voices of racialized and underrepresented writers and creators. Coordinated by the Writing & Learning Centre and led by Phoebe Wang, the group provides a platform for students who self-identify as Black, Indigenous and as People of Colour at OCAD University to centre themselves and to collaborate.

THE MIGHTY PEN
SPEAKER SERIES
WELCOMES POET & NOVELIST NOOR NAGA
DATE: November 12, 2020 at 4pm-5:30pm (EST)

Join us for a live reading and Q&A with novelist Noor Naga whose writing features complex characters that navigate themes of belonging, diaspora, transgression and intimacy.

NOOR NAGA was born in Philadelphia, raised in Dubai, studied in Toronto and now lives in Alexandria. She is the winner of the 2017 Bronwen Wallace Award, the 2019 Disquiet Fiction Prize and the 2019 Graywolf Press Africa Prize. Her collection of poetry, Washes Prays was published with McClelland & Stewart in 2020 and her debut novel is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in April 2022.

JOIN THIS PUBLIC EVENT WITH THIS ZOOM LINK

THE MIGHTY PEN
CALL FOR PROPOSALS | FUNDING AVAILABLE
DEADLINE: December 1, 2020 at 12pm (EST)

Are you a BIPOC student, collective or group? Do you have an idea for an online or virtual project that strengthens relations between communities and responds to ongoing racism during the global COVID-19 pandemic?

Apply for the Mighty Pen Student Initiative Fund to help finance any online initiative that features students who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Colour.

You can find the application form here.
For more information please visit the Mighty Pen website.

SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO: WLC@OCADU.CA
THE MIGHTY PEN
INFORMATION SESSION

DATE: November 19, 2020 | 3pm-5pm (EST)

Join us for a drop-in information session about the Student Initiative Fund application process. During this session you can ask any questions you may have.

JOIN VIA THIS TEAMS LINK